Kyiv says thwarted Russian attacks on Avdiivka, Robotyne
The Hindu
Ukraine reports 400 "combat clashes" in last week; Russia attempted to regain lost position near Robotyne but "had no success"; Kyiv conducting own offensive ops south of Bakhmut; both sides deny conflict has reached deadlock; no significant territorial gains for almost a year.
Kyiv said on Monday that Russia's armed forces had mounted several "unsuccessful" attacks across the frontlines in the south and east of Ukraine over the last week.
Neither Russia nor Ukraine has made any significant territorial gains for almost a year, and Kyiv's top army commander said last week the war had ground to a stalemate.
But fighting has remained intense, with both sides claiming to have inflicted heavy losses on the other.
Ukraine said 400 individual "combat clashes" took place over the last seven days, and that Russia was continuing its offensive on Avdiivka -- an industrial town in the eastern region of Donetsk that Russia has been trying to surround and capture for months.
"The enemy is conducting assault actions in several directions at once," Andriy Kovalyov, a spokesperson for the general staff of Ukraine's armed forces, said on Monday in an interview on state TV.
Mr. Kovalyov also reported Russian attacks near the village of Robotyne, which Ukraine regained control of earlier this year, in the southern Zaporizhzhia region.
"The enemy attempted to restore its lost position near Robotyne but had no success," Mr. Kovalyov said.
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