Ukraine claims to have recaptured three villages within the Donetsk area, the primary because it launched its counteroffensive on three sectors of the entrance, one among which is in neighboring Zaporizhia, the place considerations are rising over the protection of the nuclear energy plant after the blast. of a dam and the intensification of preventing in its neighborhood.
“We are seeing the primary outcomes of counter-offensive actions,” stated the spokesman for the Defense Forces of the Tavria area of Ukraine, Valeri Shershen.
Pictures on social media present Ukrainian troops celebrating victory within the neighboring settlements of Blahodatne and Neskuchne within the Donetsk area. kyiv’s deputy protection minister stated close by Makarivka was additionally taken. In the footage, Ukrainian troops might be seen elevating the Ukrainian flag in entrance of a burned-out constructing in Blahodatne.
These are the primary liberations of occupied territories because the begin of the Ukrainian offensive every week in the past, and comes a day after President Volodimir Zelensky first admitted that the counter-offensive was underway.
Although Kiev maintains operational silence on the scope and tempo of its offensive actions, it’s recognized from Russian warfare experiences that the heaviest preventing is presently going down within the Zaporizhia area round Orikhiv and Lobkove. These cities are situated simply 110 and 83 kilometers from the busy metropolis of Energodar, the place the Zaporizhia nuclear energy plant is situated.
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