This week Ukraine's defence forces liberated and took control of the village of Potyomkine in Kherson Region and the village of Pavlivka in Volovakha District of Donetsk Region, Oleksiy Hromov, deputy chief of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' General Staff, said at a briefing.
The units in Volyn, Rivne, Zhytomyr, Chernihiv, Sumy and Odesa regions have been keeping watch on the state border and sea coast, maintaining and improving their positions.
In Kharkiv, Luhansk and Donetsk regions, where the fiercest fighting is taking place, Ukrainian units are conducting defensive battles and deterring offensives.
In Zaporizhzhya, Mykolayiv and Kherson regions, the Ukrainian military is holding back russian troops making attempts to resume the offensive.
In Kyiv and the region, the defence forces continues to build up fortifications and establish a visual reconnaissance and warning system.