Kyiv’s push has focused on the southern Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine, although fierce clashes are also ongoing in the east of the country.
Ukraine’s forces have around a month left to push back Russian troops from captured territory before the weather halts Kyiv’s progress, according to the U.S. military’s top soldier.
General Mark Milley, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told the BBC on Sunday that Ukraine’s forces have between 30 to 45 days left of fighting before the fall weather conditions stop their advance.
Kyiv has been launching operations all along its front lines, stretching down from eastern Ukraine to the southern Russian-annexed regions of Zaporizhzhia and Kherson. In recent weeks, attention has focused on progress in the south as Ukraine’s efforts yielded some success in the direction of the Russian-occupied city of Melitopol and, ultimately, the Sea of Azov.
«There’s still heavy fighting going on,» Milley said, adding that Ukraine was «still plugging away with steady progress.
