Ukraine's Third Army Corps recaptures 51 square kilometers in Donetsk region

Ukraine's military has recaptured more territory from Russian forces in the north of the Donetsk region, a senior military commander said on Monday. Ukraine's Third Army Corps recaptured an area of 51 square kilometres, said Brigadier-General Andrii Biletskyi. In total, the operation called "Vivaldi" has recaptured 176 sq km in the north of Donetsk, has freed three more villages and has restored Ukrainian control over two more villages. The Institute for the Study of War said the operation has achieved the "operationally-significant" goal of disrupting Moscow's effort to conduct a wide encirclement of the "fortress belt" of Ukrainian cities. Russia's overall frontline advances have slowed this year but its forces have been bearing down on the cities from the south and infiltrating deeper into the eastern city of Kostiantynivka.