Volodymyr Zelenskyy‘s troops made gains near the eastern city of Bakhmut – an area taken by the Wagner mercenary group – and in an area further south.
Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said an offensive was launched near a group of villages ringing the city.
‘In all these areas, we have made advances,’ Ms Maliar wrote.
Oleksandr Tarnavskiy, commander of the Tavria, or southern, front, said Ukrainian forces had liberated an area near Krasnohorivka, west of the Russian-held regional centre of Donetsk.
He said the area had been under Russian control since separatist forces backed by Moscow took control of it in 2014.
