ISTANBUL Russia claimed on Thursday that its forces took control of two more settlements in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region. According to a statement issued by the country’s Defense Ministry, its forces captured the village of Pavlivka, situated about 26 kilometers (16 miles) south of the city of Kramatorsk, the region’s administrative center since Russia took control of the city of Donetsk in 2014. It further claimed that its forces captured the village of Fedorivka Druha, located about 20