Russian counterattacks on Urozhaine are unsuccessful
Russian troops are attempting to storm the liberated village of Urozhaine in Donetsk Oblast, but units of the Ukrainian National Guard are repelling Russian counterattacks.
Source: Colonel Mykola Urshalovych, Deputy Director of the Department for Planned Use of the Main Directorate of the National Guard, during a briefing
Quote: "Units of the National Guard provided support to the defence forces, as a result of which assault groups of the Armed Forces liberated Urozhaine in Donetsk Oblast.
The National Guard units carried out clearing and demining in the liberated settlement. Currently, they are consolidating their positions and repelling counterattacks by enemy assault groups trying to regain lost ground."
Background:
- Hanna Maliar, Deputy Defence Minister of Ukraine, announced that Ukrainian defenders had liberated the village of Urozhaine in Donetsk Oblast on Wednesday, 16 August.
- On the morning of 17 August, Andrii Kovalov, Spokesman for the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, reported that Ukrainian troops had successfully advanced to the south of Urozhaine, which had been liberated the day before.
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