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Ukraine says its marines have fortified a captured river bank, letting them smack the Russians
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Serhiy Bratchuk, a spokesperson for the Ukrainian volunteer army and head of Odesa’s Regional Military Administration, told Ukraine’s Espreso TV station that marines have held onto the bridgeheads they secured on the eastern bank, in the village of Krynky.
On Sunday, army spokesperson Natalia Gumenyuk told Ukrainian television that their soldiers had pushed back Russian forces up to five miles from the bank of the river, per AFP.
It would be a rare success for Ukrainian troops, who have struggled to take control of the territory, as Business Insider’s Alia Shoaib previously reported.
Russian military bloggers also confirmed Ukraine’s advances, saying that Ukrainian troops are expanding their control in the western part of Krynky, according to the Washington DC-based Institute for the Study of War.
In a speech at the Hudson Institute last week, Andriy Yermak, head of the office of the Ukrainian president, said Ukraine’s forces had gained a “foothold” on the eastern bank of the Dnipro and covered 70% of the distance separating them from Crimea.
Bratchuk acknowledged that counteroffensives in the region would not be made without losses, but he said holding the Dnipro bridgehead was necessary to protect the troops, per the Kyiv Post translation.
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