The Russian Ministry of Defense has announced the capture by Russian Southern Group troops of the village of Ivanivske west of Bakhmut. Analysts from the Institute for the Study of War have not yet found visual evidence to confirm these claims, according to the ISW report. It is noted that positional fighting continues in the Donetsk region: to the northwest of Bakhmut near Bohdanivka; to the west of Bakhmut near Chasiv Yar and within Ivanivske; and to the southwest of Bakhmut near Klishiivka, Andriivka, and New York. The commander of one of the Ukrainian strike UAV units reported that Russian…