Ukrainian military officials said Monday their troops have retaken another southeastern village from Russian forces.
By Jamey KeatenUkrainian military officials said Monday their troops have retaken another southeastern village from Russian forces, among the first — small — successes in stepped-upDeputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar wrote on Telegram thatflag was again flying over the village of Storozhov, and she predicted the liberation of “all Ukrainian land” would be the final outcome.
The villages are located in the so-called “Vremivka ledge,” a section of the front line where the Russian-controlled area protrudes into territory held by Ukraine. The area has become one of several epicenters of intense fighting.Defense Ministry hasn’t confirmed the Russian retreat from the villages, but some military bloggers have acknowledged the loss of Russian control over them.Sign up for NBC LA newsletters.
Russian authorities, meanwhile, have said their troops have largely held their ground along the more than 600-mile arc of front line along southern and eastern Ukraine. Western analysts and military officials have cautioned any effort to rid entrenched, powerfully armed and skilled Russian troops will likely take months, and the success of any Ukrainian counteroffensive is far from certain.
On Saturday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said “counteroffensive, defensive actions are taking place" without specifying it was an all-out counteroffensive, a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin asserted that the counteroffensive had started — and Ukrainian forces were taking “significant losses.” He did not elaborate, and Ukrainian authorities have not publicly specified losses among their troops.
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