Ukraine announced the recapture of the village of Urozhaine from Russian troops in the southeast on Wednesday, but warned the situation on the northeastern front was deteriorating amid Russian counter-attacks.
Urozhaine, on the edge of Donetsk region, is the first village Kyiv says it has retaken since July 27, a sign of the challenge Ukraine faces advancing through heavily mined Russian defensive lines without powerful air support.
“Urozhaine is liberated,” Ukrainian Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said on the Telegram messaging app. “Our defenders are entrenched on the outskirts.”
The village is one of several small rural settlements near the Mokri Yaly river that
