Russian troops enter Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine; Trump envoy says peace talks ongoing

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian troops have for the first time entered a key Ukrainian region, Kyiv's military said Wednesday, as President Donald Trump’s special envoy offered new details on the Kremlin's demands and stressed that the U.S. peace push remained on track

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian troops have for the first time entered a key Ukrainian region, Kyiv's military said Wednesday, as President Donald Trump’s special envoy offered new details on the Kremlin's demands and stressed that the U.S. peace push remained on track.

A small number of Moscow's forces had crossed into the Dnipropetrovsk region and entered two villages, the Ukrainian military confirmed to NBC News, though it denied Russia had secured a stable position in the central region.

“They did not manage to gain a foothold because they were pushed back. Although the fighting is now going on in the immediate vicinity,” Ukrainian military spokesperson Viktor Tryhubov said by phone Wednesday.

"They are constantly trying to cross the administrative border, go to those settlements, but there is no stable control over those settlements," Tryhubov added.

He was referring to two villages, Zaporizke and Novoheorhiivka, that had fallen under Russian control, according to the Ukrainian group DeepState that tracks battlefield developments. Moscow’s defense ministry had previously claimed the capture of both villages.