The Armed Forces continue the offensive on three sections of the front: 253 square meters were released. km territory - isw

The offensive operations continue on the northern and southern flanks in the Bakhmut area, as well as in Berdyansk and Melitopol directions. Ukrainian troops conduct offensive operations at least three directions in Donetsk and Zaporizhzhya regions. In particular, the defense forces advanced in 1 km in Berdyansk and Melitopol directions, as well as on the flanks under Bakhmut. This is stated in the next report of analysts of the Institute of War Study (ISW) of July 16.

The material states that there is information about the liberation of the settlement of Zaliznyanske, which was reflected 13 km from Bakhmut from the enemy of the fortress west of Andriyivka, located 9 km from Bakhmut, as well as the height of Kigshchiyivka. At the same time, analysts noted that they did not observe visual confirmations of this data.

"Russian President Vladimir Putin denied the successes of Ukrainian troops in the counter -offensive and claimed that on July 16, Ukrainian troops could not break Russian defense," the statement said. ISW analysts, citing official Ukrainian sources, reported that Ukrainian troops have advanced in the south of Ukraine, in particular in Melitopol and Berdyansk directions, where the occupation forces prepared the most powerful fortifications.

According to geolocative data of July 15, Ukrainian troops have achieved limited success northwest of Staromayorsky, which is 9 km south of the Great Novosilka. In total, during offensive operations from June 4 to July 9, the defense forces released approximately 253 square meters. Km of the territory, experts emphasized. At the same time, they specified that these figures are different from official Ukrainian sources, as "Ukraine has differently calculated its initial control of the terrain.

" Analyzing the information of Ukrainian sources and publications of Western media, experts drew attention to the overall course of the Armed Forces. In particular, the commander of the operational-strategic group "Tavriya" Alexander Tarnavsky on July 14 in an interview with CNN stated that the pace of the counter-offensive was lower than expected, referring to "complex and dense mine fields" in the areas through which Ukrainian troops were going to advance.

And the Washington Post newspaper reported on July 15 that Russian troops strongly replaced the sections from 5 to 16 km at the front line in the Zaporozhye region - this slowed down the promotion of defense forces and made them focus on infantry units, not on Western equipment. In addition, it was emphasized that the Ukrainian side is experiencing a lack of engineering equipment.