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

Ukraine has recaptured a village on the frontline in the country’s east, amid signs Russia’s advance may be slowing down and as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy renewed his call for 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 made rapid gains in the area in December and January, seizing a string of settlements that threatened to cut off Pokrovsk in the war-torn Donetsk region.