Ukraine regains control of frontline areas in southeast and east, army chief says

KYIV, April 7 ------ Ukraine has regained control of 480 sq. km (185 sq. miles) of territory in the southeastern and eastern parts of the front since late January, its army chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said, adding that Russia was continuing its spring offensive.

After visiting the frontline, Syrskyi said that Ukraine had returned control over eight settlements in the Dnipropetrovsk region in the east and four settlements in the southeastern Zaporizhzhia region. Despite Ukraine's successes, Russian troops were pressing ahead with a spring offensive, he said. "Russian troops are not abandoning their plans for further offensive operations and are regrouping their available forces and equipment," Syrskyi said on the Telegram app. "Despite significant losses in personnel and military equipment, the invaders aim to seize more Ukrainian territory and establish a ‘buffer zone’ in the Dnipropetrovsk region." The Ukrainian troops maintained defense lines, he said.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said last week that the frontline situation for Ukraine was the best since the middle of last year.

Source: gmanetwork.com