Defense forces are fixed in the south and advanced in the east - the General Staff of the Armed Forces (map)

The Armed Forces fighters continue to advance in the Melitopol and Berdyansk directions, the Armed Forces spokesman Andriy Kovalev said. In response, the enemy introduces reserves by focusing on defense. Ukrainian troops are assigned to the occupied positions on the Southern Front and continue to take offensive actions in the Melitopol and Berdyansk directions. This was announced on June 21 by the spokesman of the Armed Forces General Staff Andriy Kovalev.

"In the directions of Novodanylivka - a robot, a small Tokmachka - willow, free field - Makarivka had partial success, fixed on the achieved boundaries," he said. For his part, the enemy has focused on the defense and trying to prevent the promotion of Ukrainian troops. To this end, the enemy attracts reserves and tries to restore the lost position. Meanwhile, on the eastern borders, the forces of defense continue to restrain the offensive of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.

In particular, heavy battles continue in the Lyman direction in the areas of Yampolivka and Serebryansky forestry of Donetsk region. "In the direction of Bigorivka - Shipylivka conducted offensive actions, had partial success, fixed on the achieved boundaries," Kovalev said. Earlier it was reported that at the border between Zaporizhzhya and Donetsk regions, brutal battles are raging, which lead to a possible change in control over settlements by both parties.