Ukraine said on Monday (June 19) its forces had recaptured Piatykhatky, a village on the road to one of the most heavily defended areas of the Russian-occupied south.
Ukrainian soldiers held up yellow-and-blue national flags in a video circulated on social media, in which they said they were inside Piatykhatky, the eighth southeastern village that Kyiv says it has liberated.
"Today, June 18, the forces of 128 assault brigade chased out the Russians from the village of Piatykhatky... Glory to Ukraine!" an unidentified soldier said.
Reuters could not independently verify where or when the video was shot.
A Russian-installed official in the partially occupied Zaporizhzhia region had said on Sunday (June 18) that Kyiv's troops had retaken Piatykhatky, but that they had then been pushed out and that the settlement was now located in a "grey" area of control.
Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar said Ukrainian forces had not only retaken Piatykhatky but had advanced by up to seven km (4.3 miles) into Russian lines in two weeks, and that they had retaken 113 square km (44 square miles) of land.
Reuters could not independently verify the battlefield assertions.
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