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Ukrainian forces conducted successful offensive operations in the directions of Melitopol and Bakhmut, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported on Aug. 24.
Andrii Kovalov, the spokesman of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, has said that Ukrainian troops had successfully gained ground near Novoprokopivka in Zaporizhzhia Oblast and are consolidating their positions.
The intelligence community of the UK Defence Ministry has analysed the offensive operations of Ukrainian and Russian forces over the past week and highlighted the advance of Ukrainian defenders in the south.
There is mounting evidence that Ukraine has been taking heavy casualties in its counteroffensive, which began roughly ten weeks ago. ABC News spoke with two former U.S. soldiers who are contracted in a special forces division of the Ukrainian military and who were both injured during an operation in eastern Ukraine two weeks ago.
Ukrainian soldiers in the Zaporozhye region have abandoned their offensive under airmobile battalions, with low morale and recent casualties driving their refusal.