Ukraine regains territory in latest counteroffensive and disrupts Russia’s spring push toward Sloviansk

Ukraine’s Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi announced that during Ukraine’s latest counter-offensive campaign, Defense Forces were able to regain control over 470 square kilometers of territory. Syrskyi referred to the stretch of front between Hulyaipole and Oleksandrivka—a western flank relative to the so-called “Fortress Belt,” a key defensive line between Sloviansk and Kramatorsk, as dubbed …