Ukraine recaptures frontline village amid signs of slowing Russian advance

Pischane in Donetsk back under Kyiv's control as Zelenskyy renews call for fighting to end with just and lasting peace'

Ukrainian forces have recaptured a village on the frontline in the country's east, amid signs Russia's advance may be slowing down and as Volodymyr Zelenskyy renewed his call for the fighting to end with a just and lasting peace".

On Sunday Ukrainian forces took back the village of Pischane, south-west of the city of Pokrovsk, military officials said. Russian units had made rapid gains in the area in December and January, seizing a string of settlements and threatening to cut off Pokrovsk.