The defence ministry said several villages were liberated from Russian occupation in the opening phase of a counteroffensive.
Some 25 battles had taken place over the past day near the eastern town of Bakhmut, and further south near Avdiivka and Maryinka, all in the Donetsk region, but also near Bilohorivka in the Luhansk region, Ukraine's armed forces general staff said.
Both sides have said their forces had inflicted heavy personnel and equipment losses on their enemy over the past week, as Ukraine's counteroffensive began to take shape. While staying largely silent over the past week about its counteroffensive, Ukraine's military has reported daily battlefield successes.
The governor of the Donetsk region in Ukraine said one civilian was killed and two were wounded by Russian fire in the Avdiivka region on Sunday.
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