Its forces have made progress near Bakhmut and liberated Blahodatne, a village inside Russian-occupied territory. But reports from frontlines in the Zaporizhia region are less encouraging
against the Russians, but already the reports from the frontlines range from upbeat to gloomy. On June 11th its 68th brigade reported that it had liberated Blahodatne, a village in Donetsk province, 10km inside Russian-occupied territory. Russian military bloggers suggested that the raid had gone much deeper still, and taken in other nearby villages.
The full shape of Ukraine’s plans is yet to become clear. The scale of the deployment along the Tokmak axis—and the town’s strategic role as both a rail hub and a gateway to strike at the Russian main road to Crimea—suggested at one point that it might grow into a main push. But a source in Ukraine’s general staff urged caution. “We haven’t committed our main forces, and the Russians haven’t committed their main forces.
Mr Yaroslavsky is confident that Ukraine will continue to close the circle around Bakhmut. “It’s hard going, but we are moving constantly. Within a week we will have the high ground…and Bakhmut in the palm of our hands.” Serhiy Cherevaty, the spokesman for Ukraine’s eastern group of forces, said Ukrainian troops were advancing by anything from several hundred metres to two kilometres a day, a far higher rate of advance than that of Russia over the past year.
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