In the latest report on the battles at the front, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine indirectly confirmed the information according to which the Ukrainian marines advanced to the left bank of the Dnieper in the Kherson region, seizing the village of Peshchanivka, Ukrainian Pravda reports.

In the message published on Thursday morning, it is said that “in the Kherson region, the occupiers carried out airstrikes on Novoberyslav, Kazatsky, Olhovka, Prydniprovsky and Peshchanivka.” This is the last village on the left bank of the Dnieper, from where the Russian army retreated last November.

The fact that the Russians shelled the village was also reported by the Ukrainian military in its report on Wednesday evening, after reports of its liberation by Kyiv troops appeared on social networks the day before.

Even Rybar, one of the most famous Russian propaganda channels, noted:

Earlier, the US Institute for the Study of War (ISW) noted that the Ukrainian marines had probably advanced to the occupied bank of the Dnipro, north of Peshchanivka (14 km east of Kherson and 3 km from the Dnipro). ) and in Poima (11 km east of Kherson and 4 km from the Dnipro).

ISW also noted that the Russians are concerned about the possibility of a “larger-scale Ukrainian operation” in the occupied Kherson region.

The Ukrainian military reports on new attempts by Russia to break through the front line

In the latest report, the General Staff of Ukraine notes that in the last 24 hours, there have been about 80 combat clashes with Russian troops.

In the Kupyansk direction in northeastern Ukraine, where the Russian army has been conducting offensive operations since August after gathering a significant number of forces, the Ukrainian military repelled more than 15 enemy attacks in the area of ​​the settlements of Synkovka, Ivanivka, and Kislovka.

In the direction of the city of Lyman in the Donetsk region, which was liberated by the Ukrainians at the beginning of October last year, the General Staff in Kyiv declares that 5 attacks were repelled in the Makiivka area.

Also in Donetsk region, in the direction of Bakhmut, where the bloodiest battle since the beginning of the Russian invasion took place last year, the Ukrainian army declares that “the occupiers unsuccessfully tried to restore lost positions in the Klescheivka area.”

The Ukrainian military reports that they are continuing their assault south of Bakhmut, “inflicting losses in personnel and equipment to the Russians and securing their positions on the contact lines.”

In the area of ​​Avdiyivka, where the Russian military is believed to be conducting its biggest offensive in recent months, “the Russians are not abandoning their attempts to encircle” the city with air support, the Ukrainian military said, adding that its forces repelled 3 attacks here.

“On the Zaporizhzhia direction, the defenders are holding the occupiers in the Novodarivka area and east of Malaya Tokmachi,” the source claims.

As for the country’s southern front, where Kyiv’s summer offensive is taking place, the Ukrainian army reports “partial success” southwest of Verbovoy Zaporizhzhia region, one of the cities on the axis leading to the city of Melitopol, the main objective. attack

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