 Ukrainian army broke through the defense line of the Russians. During the counter-offensive, the Ukrainian military managed to advance deep into the Russian defensive positions in southern Ukraine to a distance of up to 7.5 km, while the total length of the front in Ukraine is more than 1200 km. This was announced by the Deputy Chief of the Main Operational Directorate of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Regadier General Oleksiy Gromov. According to the General, since the beginning of the counter-offensive, the Ukrainian military has sacked 9 settlements, returning almost 160 km2 of Ukrainian territory under control. As for the length of the so-called hot collision line, it now exceeds 1200 km. But here we are talking about the direct line of a confrontation with the enemy in the Karsan, Zaporozhye, Donetsk, Lohansk and Kharkiv regions, where active hostilities continue. Gromov explained.