Ukrainian forces advancing in Tavriia sector

Ukraine's defense forces are advancing in the Tavriia sector, according to General Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, commander of the Tavriia operational and strategic grouping of troops.

He wrote on Telegram that Ukrainian rocket and artillery units had performed 1,201 tasks over the past 24 hours.

"Enemy losses amounted to almost two companies of KIAs and WIAs. Fourteen pieces of the enemy's military equipment were destroyed," Tarnavskyi said.

In particular, Ukrainian forces destroyed an armored personnel carrier, a BM-21 Grad multiple rocket launcher, an MT-12 Rapira anti-tank gun, three Zala UAVs, three 2A36 Giatsint-B guns, two Pion self-propelled artillery systems, a 2A65 Msta- B howitzer, and vehicles.

Four enemy ammunition depots were also destroyed.

Between February 24, 2022 and July 1, 2023, Ukraine's defense forces eliminated about 228,870 Russian invaders, including 530 over the past day alone.