General: Ukrainian Advances in the South

According to the Ukrainian army, it is making more progress in its advance on the southern front. “We are repelling the enemy,” wrote the commander of the forces deployed in the Zaporizhia region, Brigadier General Oleksandr Tarnavsky, on his Telegram channel yesterday.

He gave no details, but Ukrainian forces broke through Russia’s first strong line of defense by capturing the town of Robotyn. According to consistent reports, they are now attacking the next Russian line blocking the way to the occupied cities of Tokmak and Melitopol. The goal is to reach the Sea of ​​Azov, about 90 kilometers away, and cut off Russian forces from one another.

Tarnowski wrote that the artillery under his command executed about 1,200 orders of fire in a single day, an indication of fighting with heavy artillery. Ukrainian forces continued their offensive in the Melitopol sector, reinforcing the positions they reached and destroying enemy artillery positions, according to the evening report of the General Staff in Kiev. Information provided by the military can usually only be verified after a delay.