The Ukrainian reconquest advances and opens a new phase of the war

Ukraine has opened a new phase of the war in reclaim five cities as part of the counteroffensive It started more than a week ago, and Russia is resisting by all means, including, according to kyiv, blowing up a second dam.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has kept his word that kyiv will no longer wait for Western weaponry to launch the long-awaited counterattack, although he has Ordered new batches of Leopard 2 tanks and Marder armored vehicles from Germany.

As recognized by both parties, the The bloodiest fighting is taking place in the Donetsk and Zaporizhia regions, something from which the flooded Kherson escapes, impassable at the moment due to flooding caused by the destruction of the Kajovka hydroelectric power station.

To the two villages liberated this weekend in Donetsk –Blahodatne and Neskuchne– Two more strongholds controlled by troops in the same region have been added today –Storozhove and Makarovke– and a fifth in Zaporizhia (Novodarivka).

“The flag is flying again in Storozhove. And so will all cities until we liberate all Ukrainian territory,” he added. proclaimed the marines of the port of Odessa, who would have liquidated fifty Russian soldiers, four of whom were taken prisoner.

In the case of Zaporizhia80% controlled by the Russians, the the objective of the operation is to reach the Azovtransformed into an inland sea by Moscow, and recover the ports of Mariupol and Berdiansk.

Besides, kyiv also announced advances of its troops on the flanks of Bakhmut, city ​​he lost a month ago to Wagner’s mercenaries, EFE reports.