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Kiev forces claim the capture of a village in southern Ukraine on Sunday, June 11, during their assault on Russian positions. Another village was reportedly liberated in the Donetsk region.
Can we speak of the first victories within the framework of the counter-offensive led by the Ukrainian army? “We have to be careful, of course, but this is clearly the message that the Ukrainian authorities want to send, by broadcasting these videos of soldiers planting their blue and yellow flag in a newly liberated village, in the east of the country, in the Donetsk region”reports Sunday, June 11 the journalist Stéphanie Perez, special correspondent in Zaporijia.
A first “symbolic” message?
A message “symbolic”which aims to show that the forces of Volodymyr Zelensky “manage to break through the first Russian lines”continues the journalist. “But it remains very difficult to have an overall vision of this progress, of these successes, of these failures. Our contacts on the ground report extremely violent combat, against very trained, very equipped Russian units, much more than what what the Ukrainian forces were waiting for”adds Stephanie Perez.