Ukraine stated Thursday its forces had retaken a village close to the war-battered metropolis of Bakhmut within the jap Donetsk area, a number of months into its grinding counteroffensive towards entrenched Russian positions.

Kyiv started pushing again towards Moscow’s forces within the south and east of the nation in June after build up Western weapons and recruiting assault battalions.

“We are moving forward in the Bakhmut sector. On the northern flank, the enemy is trying to recapture lost ground. On the southern flank, we are making progress,” Deputy Defence Minister Ganna Malyar, stated on social media.

“And we have good news there — Andriivka is ours. We are consolidating our positions,” she added.

Bakhmut, a city that was as soon as dwelling to round 70,000 folks, was captured by Russian forces in May following one of many longest and bloodiest battles of Russia’s invasion.

Ukrainian forces, nonetheless, nearly instantly started pushing again across the northern and southern flanks of town and have been posting incremental features.

Andriivka is round 14 kilometres (9 miles) south of Bakhmut, with an estimated pre-war inhabitants of fewer than 100 folks.