The Ministry of Defense of Great Britain assessed on Sunday in its daily report on the development of the war in Ukraine that the Ukrainian army is making “gradual but solid tactical progress” in its offensive operations against Russian forces in the south and east of Ukraine, DPA and EFE news agencies reported. Agerpres.
Seeking to take advantage of the uprising by the Russian paramilitary group Wagner, the Ukrainian army on Saturday stepped up its offensive, the intensity of which has decreased after the counteroffensive it launched in early June brought only modest results, namely the liberation of only eight villages and a total area of just over 100 square kilometers, retaliating with heavy losses in troops and equipment, including Western armored vehicles and German Leopard-2 tanks.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces “reset and resumed major counteroffensive operations on three main fronts in the south and east of Ukraine” and are using the experience of the two-week counteroffensive to “improve their offensive tactics deep into Russian defensive lines, which they defend well.” “, the British Ministry of Defense notes.
He also notes that Russian troops have “significantly stepped up efforts” to advance in the wooded area near the city of Kremini, Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine. “This probably reflects orders from Russian senior commanders to go on the offensive where possible,” British military analysts believe. “Russia has made small gains, but Ukrainian forces have prevented a breakthrough,” the British Ministry of Defense also notes.
For its part, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported on Sunday in its daily report on the development of the front in Ukraine that Russian troops repelled several assaults by Ukrainian troops on four areas of the front, especially in the areas of Donetsk (east) and Zaporizhia (south), areas where three lines of attack through which the Ukrainian army is trying to reach the Sea of Azov in order to block the land corridor of Russian troops with the south of Ukraine and Crimea.
The Russian Ministry of Defense also claims that its forces repelled Ukrainian attacks in the area of the city of Bakhmut, which was captured by Wagner’s mercenaries and then handed over to the Russian army, and the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense claims that its forces advanced in the area during the offensive that began. near a group of villages near the city.
Source: Hot News
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