The site is one of two theatres of their counter-offensive to evict Russian occupation forces.
KYIV: One of Ukraine’s top generals said on Tuesday that his forces were advancing in the south, one of two theatres of their counter-offensive to evict Russian occupation forces, but offered few details of their gains.
Tarnavskyi, head of the southern group of forces, said troops had conducted 1,198 assignments in the past 24 hours, with Russian forces sustaining losses of 261 men and a further 10 being taken prisoner. It reported Russian air strikes in southeastern Zaporizhzhia region, the focus of the drive south to the Sea of Azov. The report also said Ukrainian forces had repelled Russian attacks in areas of Donetsk region already recaptured by Kyiv and around the long-contested town of Maryinka further west.
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