MOSCOW, Dec 27 (Reuters) - Russia's Defence Ministry said on Friday that its forces had taken control of two eastern Ukrainian villages, Ivanivka in the Donetsk region, and Zahryzove in the Kharkiv region, the RIA state news agency reported.
RIA also cited the ministry as saying it had downed four British-made Storm Shadow missiles in the past week.
Reuters could not verify the battlefield reports.
(Reporting by Reuters
Writing by Felix Light
Editing by Andrew Osborn)