Ukrainian Forces in a sentence

Galina Danilchenko, the Russian-installed mayor of the Ukrainian city of Melitopol, in the south-eastern Zaporizhzhia region, said on Saturday that one civilian died in overnight shelling of Melitopol by Ukrainian forces.

American intelligence and military officials expressed some skepticism at the Ukrainian claims that North Korean mercenaries were now fighting, in significant numbers, against Ukrainian forces.

The Russians have attacked the northern border area precisely to distract the Ukrainian forces in this area, Ukrainian military officials said, but they insisted that it wasn’t working.

However, the latest Russian defence ministry statement said Russian forces had inflicted huge personnel losses on attacking Ukrainian forces and destroyed 28 tanks, including eight Leopard main battle tanks and 109 armoured vehicles.

Kupiansk was captured by Russian forces in the earlier stages of the Russian invasion and reclaimed by Ukrainian forces in a surprise counteroffensive in September that saw the Russians driven out of broad swathes of the Kharkiv region.

Russian forces struck and immobilized a British tank supplied to Ukrainian forces for the first time as Kyiv pushes some of its best equipment into a salient in the southeast in search of a breakthrough.

The general staff of Ukraine’s armed forces said Ukrainian forces on Saturday “continued offensive operations” in two sectors in the southeast.

When Ukrainian forces have deployed mine clearing vehicles to clear a path through the fields, Russia has brought to bear its antitank capabilities, Mr. Lee said, exposing a vulnerability for Kyiv’s forces.

While Ukrainian forces have been able to penetrate some of those front lines the western officials believe that Russian troop losses have been limited by the successful withdrawal of forces.

Ukraine's Commander in Chief, General Oleksandr Syrskyi, claimed last week that his forces had advanced across 1000 square kilometres of the region, although it was not possible to independently verify what Ukrainian forces effectively control.

The 280-mile line of contact between Russian-led forces and Ukrainian forces has stabilized but has not gone quiet.

In the interview Putin again admitted that during the 2014 Crimean crisis “Our armed forces blocked literally the Ukrainian forces located in Crimea, but it was not in attempt to force anyone to vote, it’s impossible to do so.

Additionally, Ukrainian forces have liberated up to 50 square miles of territory along the southern frontline from Russia since the start of the latest counteroffensive, Ukraine’s deputy defense minister Hanna Maliar said on Monday.

Alexei Kulemzin accused Ukrainian forces of firing 163 shells and 20 rockets at the city on Wednesday alone, with a 13-year-old child among the injured.

Although Ukrainian forces surprised the Russians last fall, it is much less of a guessing game now.

And Ukrainian forces have also targeted Russian infrastructure and its navy in the region – famously sinking Moscow’s flagship vessel, the Moskva, in April 2022.

A spokesman said that the victory would allow Russian troops to push on to the nearby city of Bakhmut, and cut off the Ukrainian forces there.

As Ukrainian forces push for a breakthrough before winter sets in, there is a growing sense in Washington and Europe that the West may be weary of the fight.

A Washington-based think tank says that Ukrainian forces have successfully crossed the wide Dnieper river in the country's south to establish and maintain positions on its east bank.

But stiff resistance from Ukrainian forces — supported by Western weapons — turned back Moscow's troops.