Ukrainian forces advancing on southern front line – General Tarnavskyi

Ukraine's defense forces are systematically driving the enemy out of their positions in the southern Tavriia direction, and Russian invaders lost almost two companies of soldiers killed and wounded in action there over the past day.

General Oleksandr Tarnavskyi, the commander of the Tavriia operational and strategic grouping of troops, said this in a post on Telegram, Ukrinform reports.

According to him, Ukrainian artillery units performed 1,247 tasks on the southern axis over the last 24 hours.

In just one day, Ukrainian defenders destroyed 28 units of Russian military hardware and an enemy ammunition depot there.

In particular, the invaders lost six tanks, five armored fighting vehicles, four D-30 guns, a 2S9 Nona self-propelled artillery system, three Orlan-10 drones, an Akatsiya self-propelled artillery system, a Murom- M long-range visual surveillance system, an electronic warfare station, etc.

"We are advancing," the commander added.