'Each village you take is another step and you hope this results in a breakthrough,' one strategic analyst told Newsweek.
Ukraine has taken control of the contested Donetsk settlement of Urozhaine, Kyiv said on Wednesday, which would be Ukraine's first concrete gain of its counteroffensive in weeks if confirmed.
Ukraine has made creeping gains in recent weeks in its now two-and-a-half-month-old counteroffensive but has not reported a decisive victory since it claimed a string of villages from Russian forces in mid-June. Progress for Kyiv along the southern and eastern front lines has been slow and bloody, though Western analysts have remain optimistic about Ukraine's performance against the Kremlin's dug-in defenses.
"The battle in Urozhaine does not represent a new event but success from a constant and bloody attack," added Glen Grant, former British Army officer, now based with the Baltic Security Foundation in Riga, Latvia.could not independently verify battlefield claims, and at the time of writing, the Russian Defense Ministry had not publicly commented on Ukraine's reported gain. The Russian government has been contacted for comment via email.
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