"Ukrainian forces conducted counteroffensive operations in at least four areas of the front on June 10," the Institute for the Study of War said in its latest analysis of Russia's military campaign in Ukraine.
The Washington-based think tank added that "Russian sources reported Ukrainian activity in Luhansk Oblast near Bilohorivka," while a spokesman for the Ukrainian Eastern Group of Forces, Col. Serhiy Cherevaty, "noted that Ukrainian forces advanced up to 1,400m in unspecified areas of the Bakhmut front."
Meanwhile, "Russian milbloggers reported Ukrainian advances northwest and northeast of Bakhmut," the ISW said.
The Russian defence ministry and other Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian troops conducted "localized attacks in the Donetsk-Zaporizhia Oblast border area, particularly in the Velyka Novosilka area," according to the US think tank.
Geolocated footage posted on Saturday additionally indicated that Ukrainian forces "in western Zaporizhia Oblast made localized gains during counterattacks southwest and southeast of Orikhiv," the ISW observed.
Counteroffensive operations 'taking place in Ukraine': Zelensky
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Saturday that counteroffensive operations were under way, but declined to divulge details, the Reuters news agency reported.
"Counteroffensive and defensive actions are taking place in Ukraine, but I will not say in detail what stage they are at," Zelensky said at a news conference in Kyiv, alongside visiting Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
He added that his generals were "all in a positive mood," according to Reuters.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky. Photo: EPA/UKRAINIAN PRESIDENTIAL PRESS SERVICE
Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, launching the largest military campaign in Europe since World War II.
Sunday is day 473 of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
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Source: PAP, understandingwar.org, ukrinform.net