Ukraine Takes 46 Square Kms In Zaporizhzhia Near Oleksandrivka

Ukrainian air assault forces counterattacking in Zaporizhzhia oblast have pushed the Russian units there back 46 kilometers, liberating at least seven villages in that sector. 

This represents another success in Ukraine's ongoing offensive operations this spring. JL

Deep State reports:

Ukraine's forces liberated territory near Novoselivka on the Oleksandrivka front. Ukrainian defenders launched a new offensive on this front in early May. "Ukraine has liberated territory near Novoselivka and are also clearing the enemy from areas near Voronne, Sichneve, Piddubne, Tovste, Novokhatske and Zelenyi Hai," which means the Russians have lost at least 46 sq km of territory.

DeepState, a Ukrainian group of military analysts, has reported that Ukraine's defence forces liberated territory near the settlement of Novoselivka on the Oleksandrivka front. Ukrainska Pravda sources confirm that Ukrainian defenders launched a new offensive on this front in early May.

Source: UP sources; General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook; DeepState

Quote from DeepState: "The defence forces of Ukraine have liberated territory near Novoselivka and are also clearing the enemy from areas near Voronne, Sichneve, Piddubne, Tovste, Novokhatske and Zelenyi Hai."

Details: The analysts pointed out that the Russians have therefore lost at least 46 sq km of territory.

DeepState reported the Ukrainian defenders' success on the Oleksandrivka front as confirmation of information from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Ukrainska Pravda learned that the new offensive by Ukraine's defence forces on the Oleksandrivka front began in early May.

It is still too early to assess how successful it has been, but UP sources confirm the advance outlined by DeepState analysts.

The General Staff has not officially reported an operation by the Ukrainian forces on this section of the front.

On 29 May, the General Staff reported as of 16:00 that on the Oleksandrivka front, "the enemy has not conducted active offensive operations since the start of the day".

Meanwhile, in its report for the previous day, part of the territory on this section was marked on the map released by the General Staff as being under Ukrainian control, although just a few days earlier DeepState's map had marked these areas as occupied by Russian forces.