Ukrainian forces reported to be continuing offensive in direction of Melitopol

The general leading Ukraine’s counteroffensive along the southern front line, Oleksandr Tarnavsky, has promised ‘good news’ from the front.

Meanwhile, the Institute for the Study of War says the tactical situation in Verbove remains unclear as Ukrainian forces continued offensive operations in the western Zaporizhzhia region.

A Kremlin-affiliated milblogger has claimed that Ukrainian forces have reached the northern outskirts of Novoprokopivka, 13km south of Orikhiv.

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