Eastern Group of the Armed Forces Ukraine This Saturday, he launched an offensive against the Orijovo-Vasilivka, Bajmut, Bohdanivka, Yagidne, Klishchiivka and Kurdiumivka fronts. resulting in progress in all these directionsAs reported by the Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Hanna Maliar.
According to the Ukrainian news agency UNIAN, Maliar stressed that Russian forces tried to advance in the Kupiansk, Limansk and Marinsk directions, but “unsuccessfully”.
Similarly, Maliar reported “heavy conflict” in the south with Russian forces “on the defensive” and making “great efforts” to stop the offensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Maliar’s report also cites “significant losses” in personnel, weapons and equipment by the Russian Federation.
On the same Monday, it was reported that areas in the Donetsk region were liberated. Since 2014 it had been occupied by pro-Russian forces and later by the Russian Army.
In particular, General Oleksander Tarnavski, deputy commander of the eastern operational command, stated: Ukrainian forces liberated areas near Krasnogorivka, a small town located just 15 kilometers from the capital Donetsk. “Our forces continue to advance,” Yaroslav Chepurni, the communications officer of the 79th Air Assault Brigade, told the ‘Ukrainska Pravda’ newspaper.
The operation was also confirmed by Army frontline spokesman Valerii Shershen. liberation did indeed take place a week ago, and this was hitherto unknown for “specific tactical reasons”.
It should be noted that two weeks ago, the Russian government launched a Ukrainian counteroffensive, which was later confirmed by the British Ministry of Defense, with the aim of Kiev driving Russian forces out of the eastern and southern fronts of the war.
Shershen confirmed that these areas have belonged to the “self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic” near the capital since 2014 and are now the scene of a mine clearance and equipment transport operation.
“Our offensive units advanced quite unexpectedly for the enemy. During this week, the enemy took every precaution to get us out of these positions, but none of them worked,” the spokesman said.
Shershen understood this advance as an operation. “For us, it has a symbolic meaning, a turning point and the improvement of Ukraine’s tactical positions at the front.”