https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/wor
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'Despite their battlefield difficulties, Ukrainian forces have continued to advance. Ukraine’s general staff said its forces seized 4sq km (1.8sq miles) over the previous week around the eastern city of Bakhmut. That would bring to 162sq km (63sq miles) the territory Ukraine claims to have recaptured since its counteroffensive began on June 4.
But the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War (ISW) think tank made its own independent assessment of recaptured territory and said the figure was closer to 253sq km (98sq miles).
“Russian forces have captured a total of 282 square kilometers in the entire theater since January 1. In five weeks, Ukrainian forces have liberated nearly the same amount of territory that Russian forces captured in over six months,” the ISW said.
A Ukrainian military intelligence unit commander said Bakhmut — almost completely occupied by Russian forces in early May after the war’s longest and bloodiest battle — was slowly but steadily falling back into Ukrainian hands.'
From https://www.aljazeera.com/news [Post edited 13 Jul 2023 6:36]
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