Ukrainian forces launched a counterstrike at the junction between Russia's 29th and 36th armies, striking from a bridgehead on the eastern bank of the Haichur near the village of Dobropillia.

Ukrainian command concentrated forces including airborne brigades and assault regiments and launched a counterstrike at the junction between Russia's 29th and 36th armies.

Since February, Ukrainian forces have retaken the initiative on the southern front line, counterattacking through the eastern reaches of Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts

Kyiv has claimed over 480 square kilometers liberated, with the month of February declared the first since 2023 when Ukraine took back more of its territory than it lost

A successful Ukrainian mini-counteroffensive still in progress in the southern sector took advantage of Russian troop demoralization in February, liberating about 400 square kilometers (154 square miles) of lost ground.