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ISW confirms Ukraine's successes in Donetsk-Zaporizhia region border area

11 August, 2023 Friday

11:13

Army forces Ukraine counteroffensive

Ukrainian troops continue offensive actions in at least three directions and have advanced to the outskirts of Urozhaine village, Donetsk region

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This was reported by the Institute for the Study of War (ISW).

U.S. analysts point out that Ukrainian troops continue counteroffensives in at least three areas of the frontline and on August 10 advanced near the administrative border of Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk regions.

In particular, geolocated footage released on August 10 shows that the Defense Forces crossed the Mokri Yaly River and advanced eastward to the southwestern outskirts of Urozhaine, Volnovakha district, on the border of Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk regions.

The ISW noted that the Ukrainian General Staff also reported that the Ukrainian Armed Forces had achieved partial success in the direction of Urozhaine and south and southeast of Staromayorske.

What is known about the Ukrainian counteroffensive

On June 4, the Ukrainian Armed Forces launched a counteroffensive on the southern frontline, continuing a series of offensives near Bakhmut and in other directions.
On June 11, the Ukrainian Armed Forces announced the liberation of Blahodatne, Neskuchne, and Makarivka settlements, near the border of Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions.
On the morning of June 12, Ukraine’s Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said that the Ukrainian state flag was raised again over Storozhove, Donetsk region.
On June 24, the Ukrainian Defense Forces officially confirmed the liberation of the territories near Krasnohorivka in the Donetsk region, which had been under occupation since 2014.

On June 26, Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar also said that the Ukrainian Armed Forces had de-occupied the village of Rivnopil, Donetsk region.
On July 27, it became known that Ukrainian soldiers had liberated the village of Staromayorske in Donetsk region.
On July 31, it was reported that during the counteroffensive, the Ukrainian military liberated more than 204 square kilometers of territory in the south, and another 37 square kilometers in the Bakhmut direction.
Brigadier General Dmytro Hereha, Commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces Support Forces, said that in the occupied territories, the Russian invaders have set up a multi-echelon system of engineering barriers, which consists of several strips of 10 to 40 km each with a high density. This causes difficulties for the Defense Forces in conducting offensive operations in the southern direction.
As of August 9, it is known that the Ukrainian Defense Forces have de-occupied more than 40,000 square kilometers of territory from the Russian invaders since February 24, 2022.