The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense announced this Monday liberation by Kiev troops of another 2 square kilometers near the occupied city of Bakhmut (east) and returning another 5.2 square kilometers of territory on the southern part of the front.
“Ukrainian soldiers liberated (during) 2 square kilometers near Bakhmut last week,” he announced Deputy Minister of Defense, Hanna Maliarquoted one of the official military channels on Telegram.
Since the beginning of the counter-offensive in June Ukraine recovered a total of 51 kilometers on Bakhmut’s hips, Maliar explained.
As for the southern front, the deputy minister reported the recovery of 5.2 square kilometers and explained that Ukrainian forces continue to advance in the direction of the occupied city of Melitopol, in the southeastern province of Zaporizhzhia.
“South and east of Robotin we had success and during the last week in the southern area we liberated 5.2 square kilometers,” said Maliar. In total, Since the beginning of the counter-offensive, Ukraine has recovered a total of 260 square kilometers on the southern front.
He President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, confirmed on his X account (formerly Twitter) the liberation, by Ukrainian troops, of the town of Klishchivka, less than 10 kilometers south of occupied Bakhmut. “Kliščivka.
However, the Russian Ministry of Defense assures that fighting for control of the village of Klishchivkanear Bakhmut, are still ongoing.
According to the latest military report, Russian forces repelled a total of six Ukrainian attacks in the past day in the Klishchivka area and four other localities in the Donetsk region.
The Ukrainian president quoted in his thanks the 80th and 95th Air Assault Brigades and the National Police Brigade ‘Furija’, created especially for the counter-offensive. Zelensky also thanked those who resisted Russian attacks from Kupiansk in the northeast to Kherson in the south.
According to the Ukrainian armed forces, the recapture of Klishchivka, combined with the capture of Andrivka, also south of the eastern city of Bakhmut, will bring Ukraine a solid “platform” for continued progress on that part of the front in Donetsk province. Moscow has so far denied that its troops lost these two cities.
Over the past week, Kiev forces have completely or partially liberated three cities located south of Bakhmut: Andrivka, Klishchivka and Optina. Since the start of its counteroffensive in early June, Ukraine has confirmed the liberation of some 50 square kilometers around Bakhmut.
Source: Panama America
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