Ukrainian troops are trying to break through Russian defense lines in the area of the front in the Donetsk region, where the Ukrainian military has attacked in waves to take new positions in the direction of the Sea of Azov, Russian and Ukrainian sources reported, citing Reuters and CNN on Sunday, Agerpres noted.
Volodymyr Rogov, a pro-Russian official stationed by Moscow in the partially occupied Ukrainian region of Zaporozhye south of Donetsk, said heavy fighting was taking place south of the village of Velika Novosilka in the Donetsk region, where Ukrainian troops are trying to break through Russian defense lines.
“The (Ukrainian) enemy managed to penetrate and take positions in the northern part of (the village of) Urozhayne, after two weeks of the fiercest and bloodiest fighting for this settlement,” said a pro-Russian official, referring to the same. the section of the front he spoke of earlier.
He also noted that Russian troops still control the southern part of this village, and assessed that the goal of Ukrainian troops on this part of the front is to take control of the town to the south, Staromlynivka.
During this time, the General Staff in Kyiv reported that Ukrainian troops achieved “partial success” in the area of the front in the area of the village of Robotyne in the Zaporizhzhia region, in an area where fierce battles are also taking place. for several weeks. The footage published on social networks shows Ukrainian troops entering this village.
The Russians are conducting an offensive in the area of the city of Kupyansk, Kharkiv region
But while Ukrainian troops are advancing in the south and east, Russian troops are advancing further north, in the area of the city of Kupyansk, Kharkiv region, from where the Ukrainian authorities on Thursday ordered the mandatory evacuation of the population of this city and all neighboring cities.
In early June, Ukraine launched a counteroffensive in the Donetsk and Zaporizhia regions, with the primary objective of breaking through the front in the south and reaching the Sea of Azov in order to divide Russian forces and block their land corridor to Crimea. . The Ukrainian army has recaptured several villages and part of the territory around the destroyed city of Bakhmut at the cost of significant losses in personnel and equipment, but has so far been unable to achieve serious success against the Russian forces, who have built strong, protected networks of defensive lines. trenches and minefields.
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