{"id":1394488,"date":"2026-05-18T13:25:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T10:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/gur-fighters-ousted-the-occupiers-from-stepnohirsk-in-zaporizhia-what-is-known-about-the-situation-on-the-front\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T13:25:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T10:25:10","slug":"gur-fighters-ousted-the-occupiers-from-stepnohirsk-in-zaporizhia-what-is-known-about-the-situation-on-the-front","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/gur-fighters-ousted-the-occupiers-from-stepnohirsk-in-zaporizhia-what-is-known-about-the-situation-on-the-front\/","title":{"rendered":"GUR fighters ousted the occupiers from Stepnohirsk in Zaporizhia: what is known about the situation on the front"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Soldiers of the special unit of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine &#8220;Artan&#8221; continue the combat operation in Stepnohirsk in the Zaporizhia direction. As a result of the assault operations, key positions in the city have come under the control of the Security and Defense Forces of Ukraine.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This was reported <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/DIUkraine\/8464\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">by the press service<\/a> of the GUR.<\/p>\n<p> The department stated that the operation was carried out in coordination with related units. Ukrainian special forces carried out a series of offensive actions to expel the Russian occupiers from the city and stabilize the situation in the settlement.<\/p>\n<p> During the assault, Russian troops attempted to attack Ukrainian military equipment with an FPV drone. The GUR reported that the drone was destroyed. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8011eLNEw8E?si=OR5Vt0zBj_ejUurF\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p> According to intelligence, during the fighting in urban conditions, Russian forces were knocked out of fortified positions.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;The assault actions were carried out in a coordinated manner, using aerial reconnaissance and pinpoint fire. Each house was checked for &#8220;surprises&#8221; and remnants of the occupant&#8217;s manpower. We do not rule out that the enemy will continue attempts to enter the city again, but we are ready for this,&#8221; said Viktor Torkotyuk, commander of the Artan special forces unit.<\/p>\n<p> The GUR noted that combat operations in Stepnogirsk are ongoing.<\/p>\n<p> By the way, in the southern direction, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/ukrainski-viyskovi-zvilnyly-470-kvadratnykh-kilometriv-na-pivdni-ta-znyshchyly-11-tysiach-okupantiv\/\">the Ukrainian Defense Forces regained control over about 470 square kilometers of Ukrainian land<\/a> and eliminated more than 11,000 Russian soldiers.<\/p>\n<p> Earlier, fighters of the Airborne Assault Forces <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/dshv-zvilnyly-berezove-na-dnipropetrovshchyni\/\">fully restored control over Berezov<\/a> in the Oleksandrivka direction.<\/p>\n<p> As a reminder, <a href=\"https:\/\/prm.ua\/mayzhe-vsia-dnipropetrovska-oblast-zvilnena-heneral-pro-uspikhy-ukrainskykh-viysk\/\">the Ukrainian Defense Forces are conducting an offensive in the south<\/a> and have already liberated almost the entire Dnipropetrovsk region.<\/p>\n<p> Also follow <strong>\u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Facebook<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/prm_ua\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">X<\/a> , <a href=\"https:\/\/t.me\/+rtV4dxYu2_cyNjVi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Telegram<\/a> , and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/pryamiy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soldiers of the special unit of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine &#8220;Artan&#8221; continue the combat operation in Stepnohirsk in the Zaporizhia direction. As a result of the assault operations, key positions in the city have come under the control of the Security and Defense Forces of Ukraine. This was reported by the press service [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":1325229,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76874],"class_list":["post-1394488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-war"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1394488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1394488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1394488\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1325229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1394488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1394488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}