Ukraine's counter-offensive has out of the blue stepped up its depth as Kyiv seems to have seized a village on the frontline. Piatykhatky was reportedly deserted by retreating Russian troops following an intense wave of Ukraine assaults this week. The liberation of Piatykhatky would mark Ukraine's first village achieve for practically every week, in addition to an escalation of the offensive on essentially the most direct path to Crimea.

The re-capture of Piatykhatky would see Ukraine's first vital achieve on the southern entrance because it launched its counter-offensive earlier this month.

While Ukraine has not confirmed the re-capture, a Russian-installed official stated on Sunday that the village within the southern Zapororizhzhia area had fallen.

Vladimir Rogov, the Russian-appointed chief of the occupied Zaporizhzhya area, posted on Telegram: “The enemy’s ‘wave-like’ offensives yielded results, despite enormous losses."

He said that fighting was still ongoing but that Ukrainian troops had entrenched themselves there while coming under fire from Russian artillery.

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This was later backed up by pro-war Russian military blogger War Gonzo, who claimed Russian troops “have abandoned” the village on the frontline.

War Gonzo stated that the Russian army was now afraid that this loss offers the Ukrainian Armed Forces a chance to advance in direction of Vasylivka, which sits on a direct path to Crimea.

He means that Ukraine had concentrated large reserves in the area, mostly infantry but also “heavy-armoured vehicles” and predicted a major Ukrainian attack in the area in the coming days.

This comes as Ukraine's armed forces suggested that an estimated 650 Russian soldiers were killed in fights on Saturday alone.

Kyiv’s estimated death toll for Russian troops since Moscow’s invasion last year now sits at 219,820.

The General Staff of Ukraine’s Armed Forces added that 7 Russian tanks and 23 armoured automobiles had been destroyed yesterday.

Meanwhile, new satellite tv for pc footage seems to point out that Russia had dug deep trenches throughout the Crimean peninsula forward of an anticipated assault on the annexed territory.

Last week, Russian President Vladimir Putin stated that Ukraine had "no likelihood" of success within the counter-offensive.

Earlier this morning, Russia was dealt a devastating blow when a Ukrainian ambush strike worn out a complete ammunition depot.

The strike destroyed a “very significant” ammunition depot in Rykove, close to the Russian-occupied port metropolis of Henichesk within the southern area of Kherson.

Meanwhile, the UK Ministry of Defence says heavy preventing is constant to be centered in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, western Donetsk Oblast, and round Bakhmut.

In its every day intelligence briefing, the MoD said that either side are struggling excessive casualties, with Russian losses seemingly the best because the peak of the battle for Bakhmut in March.