Maps from U.S-based think tank Institute for the Study of War (ISW) show small advances by Kyiv's forces around the city in eastern Ukraine.
The Ukrainian General Staff has said its forces are continuing to make gains around Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine as maps from the Institute of the Study of War showed the state of the play of Kyiv's counteroffensive.
Ukraine said that their operations near the fiercely fought-over Donetsk city had continued on Friday, the day after it said its forces hadInstitute for the Study of War Ukraine's 3rd Separate Assault Brigade said that, as well as liberating Andriivka, its men had completely destroyed the Russian 72nd Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade after encircling the settlement. The Ukrainian brigade added that this would present opportunities for a breakthrough on Bakhmut's southern flank.
The brigade released video on Telegram that it said was of the recapture, describing how Russian troops were firing mortars and bomb explosions were getting closer and closer."The assault troops continued to hunt the enemy down in the middle of the battlefield — in a village teeming with Russians," the brigade added, according to Ukrainian outlet Pravda. The footage shows Ukraine's troops moving across a desolate landscape that has been leveled by the fighting.
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