Ukrainian troops pushed back the Russian forces to control half of the besieged city of Severodonetsk, local officials said.
Ukraine’s gains in the eastern city represent a significant advance by Kyiv’s troops, who days earlier appeared on the verge of being driven out of the city.
“The Armed Forces have cleared half of Severodonetsk and are moving forward,” said Sergiy Gaiday, the governor of the Luhansk region.
However, he warned on Monday morning that the situation in the city had “worsened a little” again.
“Our defenders managed to undertake a counter-attack for a certain time; they liberated almost half of the city. But now the situation has worsened a little for us again,” he said.
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