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NEW: #Ukrainian forces continued #counteroffensive actions on at least four sectors of the front on June 17.

Details below and in tonight's update on #Ukraine: isw.pub/UkrWar061723 ImageImageImageImage
2/ The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) and other Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian forces conducted localized ground attacks west and south of #Kreminna. isw.pub/UkrWar061723 Image
3/ Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar stated that Ukrainian forces continue counteroffensive operations near #Bakhmut, and Russian sources claimed that Ukrainian forces attacked on the northern and southern outskirts of Bakhmut. isw.pub/UkrWar061723 Image
4/ The Russian MoD and other Russian sources also claimed that Russian forces repelled limited Ukrainian ground attacks on the #Avdiivka-#Donetsk City line. isw.pub/UkrWar061723 Image
5/ Ukrainian forces continued counteroffensive operations south, southwest, and southeast of Velyka Novosilka near the administrative border between western #Donetsk and eastern #Zaporizhia oblasts. isw.pub/UkrWar061723 Image
6/ Ukrainian forces also conducted counteroffensive operations southwest and southeast of Orikhiv in western #Zaporizhia Oblast. Malyar also stated that Ukrainian forces advanced up to two kilometers in multiple unspecified directions in southern #Ukraine. isw.pub/UkrWar061723 Image

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