The focus of hostilities is around the small town of Bakhmut, which was captured by Russian forces in May after months of heavy fighting.
The Ukrainian army recaptured over 12 square kilometers territory in southern Ukraine last week in its counterattack against Russian forces, Ukraine’s deputy defense minister said today Hannah Maliar.
Maliar said the advances brought the territory recaptured since the counteroffensive began in early June to more than 192 square kilometers in the southern sector.
The Russian president Vladimir Putin said yesterday that the counterattack failed but US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said it was still “early days” of the Ukrainian counteroffensive.
In a taped video distributed by the president’s office Volodymyr ZelenskyMaliar said that Ukrainian forces continue to advance in several areas towards the city of Melitopol in the south of the country and the city of Berdyansk, located on the Sea of ​​Azov.
In the Eastaccording to her, the focus of hostilities is around the small town Bahamut which was captured by Russian forces in May after months of fierce fighting. Kiev’s forces continue to advance on the southern flanks of the front in Bakhmut, but to the north, Russian forces are “holding firmly every centimeter and meter,” she said.
Maliar said Ukrainian forces had recaptured about 4 square kilometers in that direction over the past week, and the main fighting was taking place around villages southwest of Bakhmut. The Ukrainian military said in its daily briefing that there had been 35 clashes in the eastern direction in the past 24 hours.
Source :Skai
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