Russian forces on the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson fronts focused their efforts on preventing Ukrainian forces from advancing further.
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Russian forces on the Zaporizhzhia and Kherson fronts focused their efforts on preventing Ukrainian forces from advancing further.
Ukraine has begun a new phase of its counteroffensive with the main thrust in the southeast and is deploying thousands of Western-trained reinforcements.
Ukrainian forces launched a significant mechanized counteroffensive operation in western Zaporizhzhia Oblast and appear to have broken through certain pre-prepared Russian defensive positions south of Orikhiv
The attacks towards Robotyne mark an inflection in Ukraine's counteroffensive effort, likely the start of any main thrust
Russian military conducted 9 air strikes on Orikhiv and Novodanylivka, wounding two men aged 50 and 55.
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