As part of its broad counteroffensive, Ukraine intensified its attacks in the Bakhmut region of Donetsk region.
The British Ministry of Defense reported this on Twitter.
According to British intelligence, during the operation involving several brigades, Ukrainian forces made progress on both the northern and southern flanks of the city.
"There is little evidence that Russia has any significant operational reserves of land forces that could be used to bolster countermeasures against the multiple threats it now faces in sectors far apart from each other, from Bakhmut to the east bank of the Dnipro River, over 200 km," the British Ministry of Defense notes.
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Counteroffensive of the Armed Forces
Active counteroffensive actions of the Armed Forces began in early June. In the south during this time it was possible to free 130 square meters. km of territory.
As Deputy Minister of Defense Hanna Malyar reported, at the end of last week, Ukrainian troops began counteroffensive actions in the districts of Orihovo-Vasylivka, Bakhmut, Bohdanivka, Yagidny, Klishchiivka, and Kurdyumivka. In each of the directions of advancement from 1 to 2 km.
The Institute for the Study of War reported that in the Bakhmut region, the Ukrainian military defeated units of the 57th OMRS Brigade of the 5th Combined Arms Army of the Eastern Military District of the Russian Federation and destroyed the Russian bridgehead on the western bank of the Siverskyi Donets-Donbas canal.
