KYIV: Ukraine said on Monday (Jun 19) it had driven Russian forces out of an eighth village in its two-week-old counteroffensive and a defence official vowed Kyiv's 'biggest blow' lay ahead despite tough resistance from Moscow's troops. Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said Ukrainian forces had retaken
KYIV: Ukraine said on Monday it had driven Russian forces out of an eighth village in its two-week-old counteroffensive and a defence official vowed Kyiv's"biggest blow" lay ahead despite tough resistance from Moscow's troops.
"The enemy will not easily give up their positions, and we must prepare ourselves for a tough duel," Maliar said on the Telegram messaging app. The military"are moving as they should have been moving. And the biggest blow is yet to come." The video concluded with soldiers of the 128th separate assault brigade standing in front of a colonnaded building with Ukrainian flags and saying they have liberated the village.The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces wrote on Facebook that anti-aircraft units had shot down four cruise missiles and four Iranian-made drones in the last 24 hours.
Ukraine has acknowledged attacks along several parts of the 1,000km-long front line in its long-anticipated counteroffensive to retake the 18 per cent of its territory occupied by Russia, but carefully controls information for security reasons. Analysts say the main phase of the counteroffensive is yet to begin.
Separately, Ukraine Deputy Minister for Strategic Industries Sergiy Boyev told Reuters at the Paris Airshow on Monday that Ukraine is, including drones, and possibly even in Ukraine.
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