Ukrainian forces trying to press on with their three-month-old counteroffensive are facing new waves of Russian attacks on key front-line cities in the east, Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said on Wednesday.
Maliar said the military was now facing fresh Russian assaults on two cities it has been defending for months in the east: the coking centre of Avdiivka and nearby Maryinka.
“The Russians have increased their shelling,” she said, and have also begun waves of attacks.
Ukrainian forces, she said, had achieved “stable success” in their drive to recapture Bakhmut and had achieved some of their goals around Klishchiivka, a village on heights to the south.
Further north, near the towns of Lyman and Kupiansk, the heavy fighting of recent weeks has eased, she said.
In the south, Maliar said Russian forces dug in after more than a year of occupation “are not simply about to give up”.
Robotyne, a village secured by Ukraine this month, was firmly under Kyiv’s control, although “nearby, very serious fighting is going on. But at the same time, we have made advances.”
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