The Ukrainian army says it has regained control of areas on the southeastern and eastern fronts from Russia

Ukraine has regained power of 480 quadrate kilometers of territory on the southeastern and eastbound beforehand since precocious January, according to service main Oleksandr Syrskyi, who besides noted that Russia continues its outpouring offensive.

Following a sojourn to the beforehand line, Syrskyi said Ukrainian forces had retaken 8 settlements successful the eastbound Dnipropetrovsk portion and 4 successful the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region.

Despite these gains, helium stressed that Russian troops are pressing up with their offensive.

“Russian forces are not abandoning their plans for further violative operations and are regrouping their disposable forces and equipment,” Syrskyi said successful a Telegram station precocious Sunday. “Despite important losses successful unit and subject equipment, the invaders purpose to prehend much Ukrainian territory and make a ‘neutral zone’ successful the Dnipropetrovsk region.”

He added that Ukrainian troops proceed to clasp their antiaircraft lines.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said past week that the frontline concern is the astir favorable for Ukraine since mid-2025.

Military analysts accidental Ukrainian counterattacks successful the southeast are disrupting Russian operations astir Pokrovsk successful the eastbound Donetsk region, arsenic good arsenic the broader outpouring violative on a beforehand stretching astatine slightest 1,200 kilometers.

“Ukrainian counterattacks successful the Khuliaipole and Oleksandrivka directions proceed to airs dilemmas for the Russian subject command, with already strained forces struggling to respond,” the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War said successful its latest regular report.

At the aforesaid time, Russian forces are inactive making gains northbound of Pokrovsk successful the Donetsk region, according to Russian authorities media citing the Defense Ministry.

The conflict for Pokrovsk has been ongoing since mid-2024, arsenic Russia seeks to consolidate its power implicit the Donetsk region.

Syrskyi said helium besides visited the Pokrovsk assemblage and ordered further ammunition and supplies to reenforce Ukrainian units there.

With diplomatic efforts to extremity the warfare stalled, Ukraine has intensified long-range strikes against Russian lipid infrastructure. Over the past 2 weeks, Ukrainian forces person targeted Russian ports successful the Baltic Sea and vigor facilities successful the Leningrad region.