Ukrainian army reports partial successes in its counteroffensive

Published October 07,2023

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The Ukrainian military says it’s persevering with to assault Russian troops on two vital sections of the entrance within the east and south of the nation with some success, the General Staff in Kiev introduced in its scenario report for Saturday morning.

South of the city of Bakhmut, there have been “partial successes” close to the village of Andriyivka, the report mentioned.

While Bakhmut remains to be in Russian fingers, the Ukrainians have recaptured a strategically vital railway line south of it in current weeks. They at the moment are increasing their positions on the opposite facet of the railway.

On the southern entrance within the Zaporizhzhya area, there have additionally been “partial successes” north of the villages of Kopani and Novoprokopivka, the report mentioned.

In this area, Ukrainian troops have been combating their approach by means of closely fortified Russian defence traces that includes minefields, tank traps and trenches for weeks.

The combating close to Kopani and Novoprokopivka signifies that the Ukrainians are widening their breach of the Russian defences.

Military figures are sometimes not independently verifiable. However, the U.S.-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has additionally talked about Ukrainian advances in its new report. But it mentioned the Russian military had managed to trade troop items on this part of the entrance, regardless of Ukrainian stress.

Attacks by Russian floor troops have been focused on the entrance sections of Kupyansk and Lyman within the east in addition to Avdiivka and Maryinka close to Donetsk, in line with Ukrainian info.

However, they have been repelled, in line with the data. Along the virtually 1,000-kilometre-long entrance, 120 Ukrainian villages have been shelled by Russian artillery on Friday. Ukraine has been repelling the Russian invasion since February 2022.