Kyiv, Ukraine—Ukraine’s armed forces Friday said the village of Andriivka near the key frontline town of Bakhmut had been “liberated”,
On Thursday, deputy defense minister Ganna Malyar backtracked on an announcement that Kyiv had wrested control of the eastern village from Russian forces, after Ukrainian troops on the ground said fighting was still ongoing.“In the direction of Bakhmut, the enemy does not stop trying to break through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the area of Bogdanivka,” it said on Facebook.
Andriivka is around 14 kilometres south of Bakhmut, with an estimated pre-war population of fewer than 100 people. Malyar had announced Thursday that the village of Andriivka was “ours”, saying Kyiv’s forces were “moving forward in the Bakhmut sector.”“The statement about the capture of Andriivka is premature,” the 3rd Separate Assault Brigade, fighting in the Donetsk region, said on social media.
Malyar, in an updated post, said she was “clarifying” the situation, blaming the announcement on a “communication breakdown.”
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