Ukraine Regains Control Of 'Significant Frontline Areas' In East, Southeast

Ukrainian forces have continued to make 'significant' territorial gains in the face of Russia's spring offensive, as the Kremlin's troops cumulative shortages of personnel and supplies hamper their performance. 

The three months of Ukrainian counterattacks appear to have caught the Russians unawares with their ability to respond degraded relative to previous years, likely because of Ukraine's increasingly effective drone strikes on logistics and reinforcements. JL

Reuters reports:

Ukraine has regained control of 480 sq km of territory in the south-eastern and eastern parts of the front since late January as Russian forces suffered 'signficant losses in personnel and military equipment. Ukraine had returned to control over eight settlements in the Dnipropetrovsk region in the east and four settlements in the south-eastern Zaporizhzhia region. Military analysts said that Ukrainian counter-attacks in the south-east of the country were helping to disrupt Russian efforts around Pokrovsk in the eastern Donetsk region, and overall, the Russian spring offensive along more than 1,200km of the front line.

Ukraine has regained control of 480 sq km of territory in the south-eastern and eastern parts of the front since late January, its army chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said, adding that Russia was continuing its spring offensive.

After visiting the front line, General Syrskyi said that Ukraine had returned to control over eight settlements in the Dnipropetrovsk region in the east and four settlements in the south-eastern Zaporizhzhia region.

Despite Ukraine’s successes, Russian troops were pressing ahead with a spring offensive, he said. 

“Russian troops are not abandoning their plans for further offensive operations and are regrouping their available forces and equipment,” Gen Syrskyi said on the Telegram app late on April 5.

“Despite significant losses in personnel and military equipment, the invaders aim to seize more Ukrainian territory and establish a ‘buffer zone’ in the Dnipropetrovsk region,” he said, adding that the Ukrainian troops maintained defence lines, he said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said last week that the front-line situation for Ukraine was the best since the middle of 2025. 

Military analysts said that Ukrainian counter-attacks in the south-east of the country were helping to disrupt Russian efforts around Pokrovsk in the eastern Donetsk region, and overall, the Russian spring offensive along more than 1,200km of the front line