Ukraine confirmed on Monday it had driven Russian forces from an eighth village in its two-week-old counteroffensive in a heavily fortified part of the front line on the most direct route to the country's Azov Sea coast.
Ukrainian service members are seen on their position at a front line, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Donetsk region, Ukraine June 18, 2023. REUTERS/ Anna Kudriavtseva/ File photo
Ukraine's Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said Ukrainian forces had not only retaken Piatykhatky but had advanced by up to seven km into Russian lines in two weeks, capturing 113 square km of land. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy hailed the efforts of the troops and said he would continue talks with Western allies to get weapons and ammunition supplies to them as soon as possible.
It released a video showing what a soldier heard talking in what it said was a captured French-made tank. Kyiv did not comment and Reuters could not verify the latest battlefield accounts. Both sides appear to have taken heavy losses in recent fighting and both say they have lost fewer troops than their foes.
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