Ukraine reports small advances against Russian troops in counteroffensive – National | 24CA News
The Ukrainian army on Tuesday reported making small advances in opposition to Russian forces in elements of southern Ukraine and south of Bakhmut within the east.
In a counteroffensive launched early final month, Kyiv is making an attempt to drive the Russian forces again in japanese Ukraine and to advance in the direction of the southern coast to sever a land bridge between Russia and Russian-occupied Crimea.
Progress has been slower than broadly anticipated, however Ukraine has stated it’s making an attempt to minimise casualties as its forces face fortified Russian defensive strains strewn with landmines.
Andriy Kovaliov, spokesperson for the Armed forces General Staff, stated Ukrainian troops had moved ahead within the route of the southeastern village of Staromayorske, close to settlements recaptured by Ukraine final month within the Donetsk area.
The Ukrainian troops had been reinforcing the positions that they had taken, and Russian forces had been mounting sturdy resistance, he stated.
In the east, he stated, Ukrainian troops had pushed Russian items from positions close to the village of Andriivka southwest of the largely destroyed metropolis of Bakhmut which Russian forces captured in May.
Ukrainian forces had been additionally conducting offensive operations north and south of Bakhmut, he stated.
Aided by weapons provided by Western allies, Kyiv has retaken greater than 192 sq km (74.13 sq miles) of land within the south and 35 sq km within the east since launching its counteroffensive, a senior defence official stated on Monday.
Russia nonetheless holds huge swathes of territory 17 months after its full-scale invasion, and has not acknowledged that Ukraine has made good points within the counteroffensive. Its studies of the combating paint a special image to Kyiv’s, and it has been finishing up air strikes throughout Ukraine.
Reuters couldn’t confirm the battlefield developments.
