Ukrainian troops are continuing their counteroffensive in the Tavria region of southern Ukraine, where they have destroyed five ammunition depots and about 50 units of Russian military equipment and machinery over the past day, the Ukrainian army said on Thursday.

“In the region of Tavria, the advance of our armed forces and the liberation of our territory continues,” Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, commander of the operational-strategic group in this part of the country, reported on Telegram, EFE and Agerpres report. agencies

Tarnavskyi, who did not provide specific figures for this progress, said that the Ukrainian military continues to “successfully” carry out its mission.

According to the Ukrainian military, their forces destroyed, among other Russian systems, six tanks and several artillery and anti-aircraft systems, as well as drones and radio electronic communication stations.

Ukraine is concentrating its counteroffensive in two directions on the southern front and one on the eastern one in the area of ​​the Russian-occupied city of Bakhmut.

According to military leaders and spokesmen in Kyiv, the counteroffensive, which began just over a month ago, is in its early stages and is currently aimed at identifying weak points and destroying enemy weapons and logistics in order to bring more units and military materials into the fight. attack at a later stage.

Moscow announces a “concentrated attack with high-precision weapons” on “temporary bases of Ukrainian troops and foreign mercenaries”

For its part, Russia’s Defense Ministry said it attacked temporary Ukrainian military bases and depots of Western-made armored vehicles with missiles from the sea on Thursday, the day Ukraine suffered its “most devastating” attack on the city of Lviv (Lviv). in the west of the country, reported the quoted press agencies.

“At night, the Russian military carried out a concentrated attack using long-range, high-precision ship-based weapons on temporary bases of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and foreign mercenaries, as well as on warehouses of foreign-made armored vehicles,” said defense spokesman Ihor Konashenkov.

According to a representative of the Russian military command, all the attack targets were hit by Russian missiles and destroyed. “The enemy’s strategic reserves have been significantly damaged,” he added.

Spokesman of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Ihor Konashenkov (Photo: Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation / UPI / Profimedia)

Ukraine yesterday evening reported an attack by 10 Kalibr cruise missiles, seven of which were intercepted, on the city of Lviv, in what was the most devastating attack since the beginning of the Russian invasion, Mayor Andriy Sadovy said, who reported at least four dead. civilians.

As a result of the attack, another 37 people were injured, 13 of whom were hospitalized.

A total of 35 buildings were damaged, two of them in “critical” condition.

The video of the footage after the attack was released on Twitter by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi, who promised a “firm” response to the Russian attack.

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