Melitopol mayor: AFU knocks the Russians out of their forward positions near Kopani in Zaporizhzhia on tanks

Ukrainian troops have made progress in the Zaporizhzhia direction near the village of Kopani. Our Defense Forces used tanks to drive the Russian occupiers out of their advanced positions.

This was reported by Melitopol Mayor Ivan Fedorov on his Telegram channel. He also posted footage of the battles with the invaders (to watch the video, scroll to the bottom of the page).

According to Fedorov, the units of the 128th Separate Mountain Assault Brigade achieved success in this section of the front between the town of Orikhiv and occupied Tokmak.

"The price of each liberated meter of our land is extremely high!" he emphasized.

The author of the video, a fighter with the 2nd Mountain Assault Battalion, wrote on his Telegram channel that "another part of our land is back in service." It was also noted that it was the area near the village of Kopani.

As OBOZ.UA previously reported, on October 13, the occupiers tried to regain their lost position near Robotyne in the Zaporizhzhia direction but were unsuccessful. Read about the situation in other parts of the frontline here.

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