General Staff: Russian forces fail to recapture Urozhaine.

Russian forces launched unsuccessful counterattacks against recently liberated Urozhaine in Donetsk Oblast on Aug.

19, the General Staff of Ukraine's Armed Forces reported[1].[2] Meanwhile, Ukrainian forces are continuing offensive operations in the Melitopol and Berdiansk directions, securing positions and carrying out counter-battery fire, the report said. Over the past day, Russian forces launched five missile strikes, 44 airstrikes, and 17 attacks by multiple-launch rocket systems against Ukrainian military positions and populated areas, killing and wounding civilians, according to the General Staff.

Some 26 combat engagements took place on Aug.

19, the report added. Ukraine's counteroffensive is ongoing in three main directions, with the village of Urozhaine in the southwestern part of Donetsk Oblast confirmed[3] as the latest settlement to be liberated on Aug.

16. Russian forces attempted unsuccessfully to retake lost ground in the Urozhaine area on Aug.

18[4], for the second day in a row. Ukraine's air defense forces struck seven times at Russian troops' concentration, weapons, and military equipment, and once on an anti-aircraft missile complex. Ukraine's military also hit five artillery pieces, three Russian control points, and three air defense systems.

This Week in Ukraine Ep.

21 - Counteroffensive progress: Expectations vs. reality Episode #21 of our weekly video podcast "This Week in Ukraine" is dedicated to Ukraine's counteroffensive, gains and setbacks of the last two months, and what to expect going forward. Host Anastasiia Lapatina is joined by the Kyiv Independent's reporter Francis Farrell.

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[5] Alexander Query

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Alexander Query is a reporter at the Kyiv Independent. He is the former business editor at the Kyiv Post. He worked as a TV correspondent and an anchorman at UATV in Ukraine, and received a BA in modern literature from La Sorbonne, in Paris.

References

1. ^ reported (www.facebook.com)
2. ^ . (www.facebook.com)
3. ^ confirmed (kyivindependent.com)
4. ^ on Aug.

   18 (kyivindependent.com)

5. ^ This Week in Ukraine Ep.

   21 - Counteroffensive progress: Expectations vs. realityEpisode #21 of our weekly video podcast "This Week in Ukraine" is dedicated to Ukraine's counteroffensive, gains and setbacks of the last two months, and what to expect going forward.

   Host Anastasiia Lapatina is joined by the Kyiv Independent's reporter Francis Farrell.

   Listen to the audio version... (kyivindependent.com)