The Ukrainian army announced the recapture of a village in southern Ukraine during the attack against Russian positions on this part of the front, for which the president of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky he spoke of carrying out certain “counter-attack operations”.

Moscow has been talking for days about “fierce fighting” on the southern front of Ukraine, but the Kyiv is silent, refusing to confirm whether this is the big counterattack that has been foretold.

“The glorious soldiers of the 68th brigade (…) liberated the community Blakontatne, in the village of NeskuchneUkraine’s ground forces announced on Facebook, uploading a video showing soldiers with the Ukrainian flag inside a damaged building.

The village is located on the border between its regions Donetsk and her Zaporizhiain southeastern Ukraine.

According to a representative of the forces that took part in the operation, the Ukrainians captured two Russian soldiers and pro-Russian separatist fighters.