general oleksandr tarnavskiy, told the observer newspaper that extensive minefields had blocked troopsn shelling and drone attacks. but the general has said that painstaking mine clearance has now allowed his forces to advance and they expect to face far weaker russian defences ahead.

general oleksandr tarnavskiy, told the observer newspaper that extensive minefields had blocked troops several weeks, leaving them vulnerable to russian shelling and drone attacks. but the general has said that painstaking mine clearance has now allowed his forces to advance and they expect to face far weaker russian defences ahead. ukraine says its forces are making gains in the south of the country and has recently expanded its units towards the strategic town of tokmak, which is a logistical centre for russian forces. last week, ukraine's military said it had captured the village of robotyne, in the zaporizhzhia region, amid a counteroffensive that is yielding incremental gains. sources in the ukrainian army have confirmed the breakthrough to the bbc. an adviser to president zelenskyy, aleksander rodnyansky, explained the significance for kyiv�*s forces. we've been waiting for this moment for quite some time. we've been hoping that we would pierce through the russian defence line, the first defence line, which was the hardest to pierce through, if you believe military experts when t

if you saw the interview of general tarnavskii at the introduction of the garden, i think that theseemely interesting things when they themselves command or explain what is happening on mini front because we have information fraud on the part of our military leaders in such details and he really said that now there is fighting already between the first and second summer defense it is right near the willow where our troops are carrying out two actions related to by exhausting the enemy's forces, she is trying to give us these positions. she got these positions regarding the enemy's reserves, an interesting component is related to the fact that what budanov said, and then it was confirmed by other sources that the enemy is starting to activate reserves the strategic reserves that were formed even for the next year, in particular, we are talking about the so-called 25th army, this army will have about 30,000 personnel, they should have counted, but already the first units were thrown into the activity that in the area there , the norman direction, units of the 41st are taking from there

general oleksandr tarnavskiy told the observer newspaper that extensive minefields had blocked troopseveral weeks, leaving them vulnerable to russian shelling and drone attacks. but the general claimed that clearing those mines has allowed his forces to advance, saying ukraine expects weaker russian defences ahead. questions over ukraine's slow progress on the battlefield remain, but ukraine says its forces are making steady gains in the south of the country, expanding its units in recent weeks towards the strategic town of tokmak, a logistical centre for russian forces. so is ukraine at a turning point? an adviser to president zelensky, aleksander rodnyansky, has been speaking to the bbc about the significance of the recent breakthroughs. we've been waiting for this moment for quite some time. we've been hoping that we would pierce through the russian defence line, the first defence line, which was the hardest to pierce through, if you believe military experts when they talk about it. so hopefully now, when we reach the second and the third lines of defence that the russians have est