Ukraine troops seize village east of Bakhmut, navy says

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Ukraine’s navy mentioned on Friday that its troops have captured a village close to Bakhmut, the jap metropolis that fell into Russian arms in May after being besieged for a lot of months.

The Russian facet had suffered vital casualties and lack of gear, whereas Ukrainian troops have been in a position to fortify some areas, the General Staff of Ukraine’s armed forces mentioned in a morning report.

“In the course of assault operations, they seized Andriivka in Donetsk region,” the General Staff mentioned.

The village of Andriivka lies south of Bakhmut, the positioning of the bloodiest battle for the reason that invasion by Russia in February final 12 months. The General Staff additionally reported “partial success” close to Klishchiivka village, south of Bakhmut.

During its three-month-old counteroffensive, Ukraine has reported sluggish, regular progress in opposition to entrenched Russian positions, retaking a string of villages and advancing on the flanks of Bakhmut.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and different officers have dismissed Western critics who say the offensive is just too sluggish and hampered by strategic errors.

Ukraine’s Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar initially reported on Thursday that Andriivka had been introduced beneath Ukrainian management, however later mentioned that was inaccurate as preventing was nonetheless raging across the village.

Further south in Donetsk area, Ukrainian troops continued to carry again a Russian offensive in the direction of the cities of Avdiivka and Maryinka, General Staff spokesman Andriy Kovaliov mentioned in televised feedback. He mentioned the defenders had managed to repel all Russian assaults close to Maryinka.

On the southern entrance, the General Staff mentioned its troops have been inflicting substantial losses on the enemy close to the village of Verbove within the Zaporizhzhia area.

Reuters was unable to confirm the battlefield reviews and Russia has not confirmed the Ukrainian advances.