Ukrainian forces intensified their counter-offensive over the weekend, claiming to have breached Russia’s defences and liberated at least three villages in the south-east of the country.
The Ukrainian army said on Sunday that it had liberated Blahodatne, Neskuchne and Makarivka, three villages in the south of the Donetsk region — marking a break in at least one layer of Russian fortifications. Ukrainian soldiers posted a video of themselves raising the country’s national flag on a building in Blahodatne and holding their brigade’s colours in Neskuchne.
Hanna Maliar, Ukraine’s deputy defence minister, said late on Sunday that Makarivka, a third village further south, had also been liberated as “our troops continue their assault operations”.
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