Ukrainian military officials said on Monday their troops have retaken another southeastern village from Russian forces, among the first—small—successes in stepped-up counteroffensive operations against Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.

Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar wrote on Telegram that Ukraine’s flag was again flying over the village of Storozhov, and she predicted the liberation of “all Ukrainian land” would be the final outcome. A day earlier, Ukrainian officials said three other small villages clustered together south of the town of Velika Novosilke in the eastern Donetsk region had been liberated.