The Ukrainian army has advanced in its week-long 1.7km counter-offensive towards Melitopol, in the southern part of the front, a military spokesman said on Friday.
The Ukrainian armed forces “continue to carry out offensive operations” in the direction of Melitopol, an important Ukrainian city under Russian control, and “the assault brigades supported by tanks have advanced 1.7 km” in a week in this area, he specified during a briefing . this spokesman, Colonel Mykola Ourchalovitch.
Mykola Urchalovitch, a representative of the Ukrainian National Guard, said that around Kherson, “defense forces will continue to put pressure on the enemy” through reconnaissance and combat operations to “prepare the area for ‘offensive action.’
In eastern Ukraine, he said, “National Guard units are preparing a bridgehead to extend their offensive towards Avdiivka,” where clashes were recently reported. Controlled by Ukraine, Avdiivka is a city of about 30,000 inhabitants almost bordering Donetsk, the regional capital under Russian control.
Source: BFM TV
