ISTANBUL Moscow claimed on Friday that it took control of two more settlements in Ukraine as the Russia-Ukraine war is set to enter its fifth year next month. The Russian Defense Ministry claimed that its forces in the Donetsk region captured the settlement of Zakitne, situated about 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) east of the city of Sloviansk. Sloviansk is one of Ukraine’s last strongholds in the eastern region, other than Kramatorsk, the region’s administrative center, since Moscow captured