Ukraine Says Regained Control of 8 Settlements
UKRAINE – The commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksandr Syrskyi said on Monday that Ukrainian forces had regained control of 8 settlements along Oleksandrivka front since end of January.
In a statement on Telegram, Oleksandr Syrskyi said he held a meeting with commanders amid a front-line visit to the country’s south, during which they discussed the execution of combat missions and identified priority steps to support Ukrainian units.
Describing the situation in this area of the front line as “difficult,” Syrskyi said that while some of Ukraine’s forces are holding their defensive line, others are conducting offensives.
“Since the end of January this year, formations of the Air Assault Forces together with adjacent units have restored control over 400 square kilometers (154 square miles) of territory and eight settlements on the Oleksandrivka direction,” he said.
Syrskyi gave no further details on the settlements recaptured.
The Oleksandrivka front concerns an area located at the intersection of three regions, namely Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia.
