MoD: Armed Forces of Ukraine liberated 12.6 sq.km. over past week

In the Zaporizhzhia Oblast, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are advancing in the directions of the Mala Tokmachka and Robotyne villages. Over the past week, Ukrainian soldiers liberated 12.6 sq. km, the Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said, Report informs via RBC-Ukraine.

“In the south, the Ukrainian Defense Forces continue to conduct an offensive operation in the Melitopol and Berdyansk directions. In the direction of Mala Tokmachka, Rabotyne, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, they were successful, and they are gaining a foothold on the achieved frontiers,” she wrote on social media.

During the offensive in these directions, the defense forces liberated a total of 204.7 sq. km.

The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are gradually advancing towards Melitopol and Berdyansk, and the Russian Armed Forces are trying to gain the upper hand on the Svatove–Kreminna line.