Counteroffensive ‘particularly fruitful’ in recent days
A Ukrainian counteroffensive against Russian forces has been “particularly fruitful” in the past few days and Ukraine’s troops are fulfilling their main tasks, Oleksiy Danilov, secretary of Ukraine‘s National Security and Defence Council said on Tuesday.
Moscow has not acknowledged Ukraine’s gains.
Ukraine’s Deputy Defence Minister, Hanna Maliar, also reported gains around the shattered city of Bakhmut despite fierce Russian resistance, Reuters reports. Russian forces had captured it in May after 10 months of battles.
“At this stage of active hostilities, Ukraine’s Defense Forces are fulfilling the number one task: the maximum destruction of manpower, equipment, fuel depots, military vehicles, command posts, artillery and air defense forces of the Russian army,” Danilov, head of Ukraine‘s National Security and Defence Council, wrote on Twitter.
“The last few days have been particularly fruitful,” he said, without providing any details from the battlefield.
Valeriy Shershen, spokesperson for the Tavria, or southern, military command, said Ukrainian troops had advanced by up to 2 km (1.2 miles) in the Berdiansk direction of southern Ukraine, despite fierce Russian resistance.
乌克兰国家安全与国防委员会秘书奥列克西·达尼洛夫周二表示，过去几天乌克兰对俄罗斯军队的反攻“特别富有成效”，乌克兰军队正在履行其主要任务。 莫斯科尚未承认乌克兰的成果。 据路透社报道，乌克兰国防部副部长汉娜·马利亚尔也报告称，尽管遭到俄罗斯的激烈抵抗，但在被摧毁的巴赫穆特市周围仍取得了进展。经过 10 个月的战斗，俄罗斯军队于 5 月占领了巴赫穆特。 乌克兰国防部长丹尼洛夫表示：“在当前敌对行动阶段，乌克兰国防军正在履行首要任务：最大限度地摧毁俄罗斯军队的人力、装备、油库、军车、指挥所、炮兵和防空部队，但没有提供战场上的任何细节。 南部军事司令部发言人瓦列里·谢尔申表示，尽管俄罗斯进行了激烈抵抗，乌克兰军队仍向乌克兰南部别尔江斯克方向推进了 2 公里（1.2 英里）。
