Counteroffensive in east resulted in advance of 1 to 2 kilometers - Malyar

Hanna Malyar, the Deputy Minister of Defense, said this in a statement on Telegram, according to Ukrinform.

She said that the Ukrainian Defense Forces conducted both defensive and offensive operations in the east over the past week and had tactical success.

The enemy attacked at the Liman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Maryinka directions. Heavy fights are still going on there. Over the past week, about 250 combat engagements took place in these areas, emphasized Malyar. 

Russians tried to push Ukrainian troops out of their positions, but failed, she emphasized.

"The enemy made 6457 attacks in the east over the past week and launched 315006 rounds of ammunition. Compared to the previous week, the number of attacks increased," noted the Deputy Minister. 

At the same time, at the end of last week, the Defense Forces launched counter-offensives in the areas of Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Bakhmut, Bohdanivka, Yahydne, Klishchiyivka and Kurdyumivka. In each direction, the advance is between 1 and 2 kilometers. Now the troops are consolidating their positions and continue to destroy the enemy. 

As reported, the Ukrainian Defense Forces eliminated about 225,580 Russian invaders from February 24, 2022, to June 26, 2023, 950 of them over the past day.