Ukraine reports fierce fighting, 'some success' in southwest during counteroffensive
India TodayUkraine on Monday reported fierce fighting along its entire front line and "some success" in pushing back Moscow's troops in one part of the southwest where Ukrainian forces were trying to retake Russian-occupied territory. But the Ukrainian military had pushed forward around the village of Staromaiorske, around 60 miles southwest of Russian-held Donetsk, and was pressing on two fronts in the south, Maliar said. "Hostilities are taking place in the vicinity of Urozhaine and the fight is for this particular locality," Maliar said in a statement to an official military platform. Maliar added that the Ukrainian military managed to retake nearly two square miles during the past week around the ruined eastern city of Bakhmut, where Russian and Ukrainian forces fought the bloodiest battle of the nearly 18-month war.