“We keep moving forward.” The Ukrainian army recaptured nearly 6,000 km2 of territory controlled by Russian forces during its counter-offensive launched in early September, Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday.
The Ukrainian President, in a video posted on social networks, also separately thanked three military units, whose “bravery” he praised in this operation which resulted, if consolidated, in the most important territorial gains for the Ukraine since the withdrawal of Russian forces from the suburbs of kyiv at the end of March.
The Ukrainian army first announced a counter-offensive in the south, before making a lightning advance in the Kharkiv region, bordering Russia in the northeast of the country, over the past week, forcing soldiers of Moscow to retreat to other positions. It also claims to be successful in the Kherson region (south), occupied by Russia and bordering annexed Crimea.