Kiev, Nov 12, (dpa/GNA) – Following the previous day’s admission of losing several villages, the Ukrainian army has had to abandon further positions in the southern Zaporizhzhya region.
“Late in the evening, Ukrainian units withdrew to more favourable positions, due to the massive shelling of our positions in the Rivnopillia area,” the Southern Command announced on Wednesday afternoon via Telegram.
The Southern Command stated that the Russian advance was subsequently halted. In total, there have been about two dozen skirmishes, it said.
Ukraine, has been defending itself against a full-scale Russian invasion for more than three and a half years.
In recent days, several locations north-east of the small town of Hulyaipole, have been lost to the Russian army.
GNA