Ukraine's counteroffensive aimed at recapturing Russian-occupied territory started around June 4 and Kyiv has said it has liberated more than a dozen villages in the Zaporizhzhia and Donetsk oblasts.
The think tank reported on Sunday that geolocated footage had shown how Kyiv's forces had advanced east of Novoprokopivka, a village about four miles south of Robotyne in the Zaporizhzhia region. Ukrainian tank crew members in the northern operational zone on trophy T72B3 take part in military exercises on September 8, 2023 in Ukraine. Kyiv's forces have reportedly made small gains past Robotyne, in the Zaporizhzhia oblast,Ukrainian Tavriisk Group of Forces spokesperson Oleksandr Shtupun has said that Ukrainian forces continue to advance near Robotyne, which Ukraine recaptured last month, and had liberated 0.6 square miles of territory in this direction.