Defenders of Ukraine pushed Russian forces off the village of Andriivka, the Donetsk region, said Serhiy Cherevaty, the spokesman for the Eastern Group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Report informs via RBC-Ukraine.
According to him, the liberation of Andriivka, as well as another settlement around Bakhmut, allows to complete the operation in terms of encircling the city and expelling the enemy.
In the morning of July 25, information was spread that the Armed Forces of Ukraine continued to advance in the direction of Bakhmut. The Ukrainian military succeeded in advancing 500 meters along the front line in the Staromayorsky district of the Donetsk region. According to the information, currently the defense forces are deployed on the lines reached.