Ukrainian army units have recaptured 470 square kilometers of territory and eliminated 11,000 Russian troops during since the month-long large-scale counteroffensive in the south of the country.
The details of the counterattack were revealed by the General Staff o Ukrainian Armed Forces, Oleksandr Syrsky, who visited the Southern Operational Zone of the front on March 27. Addressing the meeting with the command of the offensive group, Syrsky thanked the Ukrainian servicemen for what he described as “their courage and effectiveness in the fight against the occupiers”, stressing that the liberation of Ukrainian land continues.
The Ukrainian counteroffensive in Aleksandrovsky direction south of the country was started by a group of Airborne Assault Forces of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in late February to disrupt Russian army’s plans to advance in Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions.
Earlier on February 20, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced the liberation of approximately 300 square kilometers of Ukrainian lands from Russia. Zelenskiy’s remarks came a week after Ukrainian troops launched local counteroffensive in the direction of Dnipropetrovsk and Zaporizhzhia regions. Ukrainian army’s recent success in the frontline is partly attributed to the problems within the Russian army caused by the blocking of Starlink terminals and the Telegram app – both of which used facilitate internal communication between the Russian troops stationed along different parts of the frontline.
It’s unknown when Ukraine’s counteroffensive in the south will end although the active phase of the operation is still ongoing.
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