Ukraine kicked off its counter-offensive against Russian forces in June. Read more at straitstimes.com.
KYIV - The Ukrainian military on Monday said it had pushed Russian forces out of pockets of territory along front lines in the east and south of the country, building on a gruelling counter-offensive launched two months ago.
“In the Bakhmut sector, 3 sq km were liberated last week,” Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar told state television, adding that Ukrainian forces had clawed back 40 sq km there since June.captured by Russian forces in May“It was important for the enemy to divert our forces in other directions, so we could not concentrate our forces for the offensive in the Bakhmut sector,” Ms Maliar said.
“I emphasised that Ukraine is in dire need of the necessary armaments. These are air defence systems and long-range weapons,” Mr Klitschko wrote on social media. “The blast wave damaged windows and balconies in several buildings and damaged cars parked nearby”, it said, adding that firefighters were battling two blazes.
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