“Ukrainian defense forces are trying to seize the operational initiative and force the enemy to play by our rules,” he wrote on Facebook.
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“For the first time since 2024, when we conducted the Kursk offensive operation, our troops regained control over a larger area of Ukrainian land in a month than the enemy managed to occupy in the same time,” he stressed.
Continuation of the counterattack. “The enemy has a three-fold numerical advantage”
According to Syrski, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are continuing a counterattack in the Oleksandrivsk sector, which is located at the junction of the Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Dnipropetrovsk oblasts.
“Here, the group of landing and assault troops regained control over 285.6 square kilometers within a month. In total, since the beginning of the operation, control over over 400 square kilometers of territory has been regained,” he said.
The commander admitted that the enemy has a three-fold numerical advantage, “however, due to our active actions, he is forced to postpone the dates of planned operations, fill gaps in his defense and transfer troops from other directions.”
Ukraine attacks targets deep inside Russia
The general recalled that Ukraine attacks targets deep inside Russia and hit 85 places in February alone. As a result of these attacks, crude oil processing in Russia decreased by 24.8%. – he wrote.
He also mentioned the missile attack on the arms plant in Votkinsk in Udmurtia, which produces, among others, Iskander-M and Oreshnik missiles. He noted that a reduction of 18 percent the number of Russians using FPV drones in February is probably the result of Ukrainian strikes on enemy arsenals.
“In February, the missile forces (of Ukraine) carried out 228 strikes, and the air forces of the Air Force – 104. In addition, our unmanned aerial vehicles performed 293.8 thousand special combat missions,” Syrski emphasized.
