There was an opportunity to pass mine fields: the Armed Forces are moving to Melitopol - the General Staff
The promotion continues in the direction of Melitopol, said the speaker of the Armed Forces General Staff Andriy Kovalev, reports Military Media Center. The speaker evaluated the success of the Armed Forces in the direction of Rabotyny, noting that Ukrainian defenders are fixed on the reached boundaries and use the means of counter -bacifiers.
For their part, American analysts at the Institute for War Research have evaluated the promotion of defense forces in the direction of the robot as tactically significant, since promotion in the area can allow to act already outside the Russian mine fields. The attacks of the Armed Forces also reduced the military potential of the Russian occupation troops, which previously directed significant "efforts, resources and personnel" to the robot.
According to the Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Anna Malyar, Russian troops conducted unsuccessful counterattacks in the eastern part of the settlement. However, the Armed Forces had to deviate from some positions, reports in ISW, citing some Russian sources. For its part, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine also reported that the 47th brigade of the Armed Forces, which entered the settlement of the robot of the Zaporozhye region, carried out evacuation of civilians on the BMP M2 Bradley.