Ukraine’s Eastern Front: New Victories and Advances

Ukraine’s military has announced new advances near Bakhmut, which is one of the focal points of fighting on the eastern front. The counter-offensive to retake territory from Russia’s occupying forces is continuing in the eastern Donetsk and south-eastern Zaporizhzhia regions, but progress is slower than desired. Ukrainian forces have made gains up to one kilometer in the eastern and southern directions, while the summer counteroffensive is ongoing. Ukrainian troops have fought off more than a dozen Russian assaults in Donetsk, and fighting appears to be intensifying in eastern Ukraine amid expectations of a long-planned Ukrainian counteroffensive. The stakes of Ukraine’s offensive extend to the country’s efforts to secure more aid, and a military breakthrough could persuade Western officials to send even more material.

The current situation in eastern Ukraine is that the Ukrainian military has launched a counter-offensive to retake territory from Russia’s occupying forces. The fighting is continuing in the eastern Donetsk and south-eastern Zaporizhzhia regions, but progress is slower than desired. Ukrainian forces have made gains up to one kilometer in the eastern and southern directions. Ukrainian troops have fought off more than a dozen Russian assaults in Donetsk, and fighting appears to be intensifying in eastern Ukraine amid expectations of a long-planned Ukrainian counteroffensive. The stakes of Ukraine’s offensive extend to the country’s efforts to secure more aid, and a military breakthrough could persuade Western officials to send even more material. The UN has warned that drinking water supplies could be affected for more than 700,000 people after the destruction of the Kakhovka dam in southern Ukraine