Ukrainian forces broke through Russian lines in the occupied southern village of Robotyne and evacuated civilians, the defense ministry said on Tuesday, August 22.Soldiers from the 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade managed to rescue civilians from the village in Zaporizhzhia Oblast with an American Bradley tank, the unit said, posting aerial video of the tank traveling through the village and people leaving through the rear.The brigade said the breakthrough came after two months of heavy fighting.Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said Russian forces were continuing to shell the village.Russian military blogger Rybar said earlier on Tuesday that Kyiv’s troops had broken through the Russian line the previous day.The recapture of Robotyne, north of Tokmak, would be a tactically important Ukrainian advance along the Zaporizhzhia front. Credit: 47th Separate Mechanized Brigade via Storyful