Pakistan, June 30 -- MOSCOW - Russian forces have captured their first village in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region, marking a significant expansion in the ongoing conflict, according to Russian state media and pro-war bloggers on Monday.

Reports claim that the village of Dachnoye, located just inside Dnipropetrovsk, is now under Russian control. However, Ukrainian officials and the Russian Defence Ministry have not confirmed the development at this time.

Over the past two months, Russian troops have advanced steadily, seizing 950 square kilometers of Ukrainian land. This includes a 200 square kilometer area in the Sumy region and fresh movements into Dnipropetrovsk in June.

According to the Ukrainian Deep State military map, Russia now ...