![]() He bestowed state awards on fighters wounded in Ukraine and said that he understood the conflict is "not some movie, it's all happening in reality." Putin visited the hospital as one of several public appearances to mark Russia Day. Putin visited a hospital and urged wounded soldiers to continue military service: Russian President Vladimir Putin made a visit to the central Ministry of Defense Hospital in Moscow on Monday and told wounded soldiers that their country needed them.Ukraine's ultimate goal with their counteroffensive is to win back all territories: Ukrainian President Zelensky’s chief diplomatic adviser Igor Zhovkva said Monday that the " ultimate goal of the counteroffensive campaign is to win back all the territories, including Crimea." During an interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour, Zhovkva said some counteroffensive actions were already underway, but would not give details.Rogov told the Russian Komsomolskaya Pravda radio station: "At the moment, a counterattack has begun on the part of our guys - the 127th division is going into battle, moving forward." Russians claim counterattack underway in Zaporizhzhia: The Russian military has launched a counterattack in the area of the Vremivka ledge, where Ukrainian forces have made progress in recent days, according to a leading Russian-appointed official in the area, Vladimir Rogov.The enemy tried to attack, we counterattacked on the flanks, moving forward from 250 to 700 meters," Serhii Cherevatyi said on Monday during a national telethon. Ukrainian troops make incremental gains in Bakhmut: Ukrainian troops made incremental gains in the eastern city of Bakhmut, according to the spokesperson for the Eastern Grouping of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. "There was position fighting there over the past 24 hours.Geolocated video appears to show Ukrainian armor losses in this area. It said the Ukrainians were "accumulating forces" in the area, and heavy fighting continued.Īlso late on Monday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky commented on the fighting in the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia border region, saying "the enemy's losses are exactly what we need."īy contrast, Russian military bloggers are claiming that Ukrainian efforts to advance south of Orikhiv, in another part of the southern front, have been resisted, with several saying that the Ukrainians had lost a significant number of de-mining tanks in an area known to have been heavily fortified by the Russians with minefields and tank traps. "Our Donetsk" acknowledged that Russian troops had been forced to abandon Neskuchne - just south of Velyka Novosilka - for a second time, "retreating to positions where they would not be encircled." There is no way to verify these unofficial reports, but they are consistent with a pattern in the fighting that has evolved in the last week. Russian military bloggers have also been reporting intense combat in the area, with one Telegram channel (Our Donetsk) saying "the enemy managed to deepen and advance through the wooded areas, threatening with further advance to encircle" nearby Russian units. Rogov said heavy fighting about 10 kilometers to the west had turned the area into a "gray zone," but that Ukrainian units had dispersed from the area -around the village of Levadne. He also claimed that in the nearby village of Makarivka, "the enemy has already been driven out by the quick and effective counterattack of the 127th Division," although other accounts paint a gloomier picture for Russian forces around Makarivka. Rogov conceded that Ukrainian forces were "holding their positions on the northern and eastern outskirts of the village." Rogov, a member of the Russian-installed Zaporizhzhia administration, said on Telegram that Russian attack helicopters were in action, and that "reciprocal shelling and heavy fighting of ultra-high intensity continues" in the vicinity of the village of Urozhaine. Late Monday, a senior Russian-appointed official, Vladimir Rogov, spoke of heavy fighting in an area known as the Vremivka ridge, claiming that higher ground remained under Russian control. The fighting is taking place south of the town of Velyka Novosilka along both sides of the Mokri Yaly river, an area where the Ukrainians appear to have had greater success than elsewhere in the initial stages of their counter-offensive. Russian-backed officials and military bloggers are reporting intense fighting along the border of Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions, in an area where Ukrainian forces have made gains in recent days.
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