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Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said in televised comments
that Ukraine had retaken nearly 2 square km (0.77 square mile)
of land around the eastern city of Bakhmut, captured by Russia
in May after months of fighting.
She later added on the Telegram messaging app that the Ukrainian
army had in the past week also recaptured 4.8 square km in the
southern Tavria sector.
In her televised comments, Maliar said Ukrainian forces had
captured part of the village of Opytne, south of the eastern
city of Avdiivka, and had "partial success" near the village of
Novomaiorske in the eastern region of Donetsk.
She reported "some success" near the villages of Andriivka and
Klishchiivka south of Bakhmut.
Ukrainian troops have regained control of about 49 square km
near Bakhmut since the start of the counteroffensive in early
June, Maliar said. In the Tavria direction, over 256 square km
had been recaptured, she said.
Kyiv has retaken a series of villages and settlements in the
counteroffensive, but its soldiers have been hampered by vast
Russian minefields and trenches.
Reuters was not able to verify the reports and Russia, which
invaded Ukraine in February 2022, rarely comments on gains
reported by Kyiv.
(Reporting by Anna Pruchnicka, additional reporting Yuliia Dysa,
Editing by Gerry Doyle and Timothy Heritage)
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