Russian forces in recent days have launched multiple attacks around the southern Ukrainian village of Robotyne, military officials and experts said, targeting land hard-won by Ukraine in a rare success of its counteroffensive last summer.
Open-source maps of the battlefield compiled by independent groups analyzing combat footage suggest that Russia has made marginal gains to the west and south of Robotyne.
The Institute for the Study of War, a Washington-based research group, said on Monday that Russian forces had advanced to the western outskirts of the village.
“Pay attention to the village of Robotyne,” Dmytro Lykhovii, a spokesman for Ukrainian forces fighting in the area, said on national television last week.
“It seems that the Russians have set a goal of achieving some success there” and planned to try to seize the village, he said.
Persons:
Dmytro Lykhovii
Organizations:
Ukraine, Ukrainian Army
Locations:
Ukrainian, Robotyne, Russia, Washington