![]() ![]() They “likely made good progress and penetrated the first line of Russian defense” in some areas, but were “slower” in others, it said, adding that there were “increased reports of Russian casualties as they withdraw through their own minefields.” “Significant” Ukrainian operations have taken place in the last 48 hours in the eastern and southern parts of the country, the British Ministry of Defense said in an update on Saturday. There were also marginal gains about three miles south of Velyka Novosilka, a town in southeastern Ukraine, the Washington think tank Institute for the Study of War reported, citing geolocated footage.He said that gain had occurred as part of a “defensive operation that has been going on for many months.” ![]() Serhiy Cherevaty, spokesman for Ukraine’s military in the east, told Ukrainian media. Ukrainian forces advanced near Bakhmut by about three-quarters of a mile, or 1.2 kilometers, Col. In the past day, Russian and Ukrainian forces engaged in 34 “combat clashes” in those areas, the armed forces said in an update Saturday. Ukraine’s military reported “heavy battles” in Luhansk and Donetsk, in eastern Ukraine.The Washington Post reported this week that the Ukrainian counteroffensive had begun. Zelensky, speaking at a news conference in Kyiv after meeting with Trudeau, said he would not detail what stage the counteroffensive is in. Zelensky said Ukraine’s top generals were in a positive mood as the counteroffensive began, Interfax reported, in the president’s first public confirmation that the effort had begun. ![]()
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