Ukraine claims 'first results' of counter-offensive

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Ukrainian soldiers say the have recaptured a village in Donetsk region in what was described as the "first results" of its counter offensive operation launched last week. READ MORE: https://str.sg/i38p

Soldiers hoisted the Ukrainian flag at a bombed-out building in an unverified video published by Ukraine's 68th Jaeger Brigade, which identified the settlement as Blahodatne in Donetsk region.

"We're seeing the first results of the counter-offensive actions, localised results," Valeriy Shershen, spokesman for Ukraine's "Tavria" military sector, said on Ukrainian television.

He said the village lay on the edge of the Donetsk and Zaporizhzia regions a few kilometres south of the Kyiv-controlled village of Velyka Novosilka.

The video from Blahodatne showed Ukrainian troops inside a heavily damaged building as the sound of artillery rumbled in the distance.

Russia said at least twice this week that it had repelled Ukrainian attacks near the nearby settlement of Velyka Novosilka.

The occupied southeast is seen as a likely priority for Kyiv's forces that may aim to threaten Russia's land bridge to the annexed peninsula of Crimea and split Russian forces in half.

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