Russian troops have seized the village of Novomykhailivka in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, the Defence Ministry reported in Moscow. The capture of the village, which lies just over 20 kilometres to the south-west of the Russian-occupied regional capital of Donetsk, had improved the tactical position of the Russian forces, the ministry said. Kiev has not yet confirmed the advance. Ukraine’s General Staff report referred to attacks in the region that had been repulsed, but Ukrainian military observers reported overnight that the village was under Russian control. Ukraine has been fendin…