KYIV – The Ukrainian military mentioned Sunday that it has pushed Russian forces again “three to eight kilometres” from the banks of Dnipro River, which if confirmed can be the primary significant advance by Kyiv’s forces months right into a disappointing counteroffensive. “Preliminary figures fluctuate from three to eight kilometres, relying on the specifics, geography and panorama design of the left financial institution,” military spokeswoman Natalia Gumenyuk advised Ukrainian tv, with out specifying whether or not Ukraine’s navy had full management of the realm or if the Russians had retreated.
“The enemy nonetheless continues artillery fireplace on the appropriate financial institution,” she mentioned, estimating that “a number of tens of hundreds” of Russian troops are within the space. “We’ve a variety of work to do,” she added. Ukrainian and Russian forces have been entrenched on reverse sides of the huge waterway within the southern Kherson area for greater than a 12 months, after Russia withdrew its troops from the western financial institution final November.
Ukrainian forces have staged a number of makes an attempt to cross and maintain positions on the Russian-controlled facet — with officers in Kyiv lastly reporting a “profitable” breakthrough final week.
