KYIV ¨C Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sunday that his forces had recaptured an eastern village on the southern flank of Bakhmut, in what would be Ukraine¡¯s second significant gain in three days in its grueling counteroffensive against the Russian army.
¡°Today I would like to particularly commend the soldiers who, step by step, are returning to Ukraine what belongs to it, namely in the area of Bakhmut,¡± Zelenskyy said in his nightly video address to the nation.
The heavy fight for the Klishchiivka village, spread on higher grounds about 9 kilometers south of Bakhmut, has taken weeks and comes after Kyiv said on Friday it had gained control of a tiny nearby village of Andriivka.
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