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And he said Zelensky In his daily video message broadcast in the evening on social networks: "This week, we have good news from Kharkiv"according to "AFP".
He did not mention the name of the towns recaptured by the Ukrainian forces, saying only: "The Ukrainian flag is back".
In recent days, observers confirmed that Ukrainian forces It made a breakthrough in the Kharkiv region, but this information could not be independently verified.
The Kharkiv region has partially fallen into the hands of the Russian army At the start of the war, which began on February 24 last.
As for the city of Kharkiv, the second largest city in the country, it is regularly subjected to fierce bombardment by the Russian forces, which have not yet succeeded in capturing it.
Since last week, Ukrainian forces have launched a counter-attack in the south of the country, concentrated in the vicinity of Kherson.
While Kyiv confirms the success of this attack, Moscow says it inflicted heavy losses on the attacking Ukrainian forces.
A city in the Donbass, held by the Russians
On Wednesday, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that its forces had managed to take control of a city in the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine.
The Ministry confirmed that the liberated city codemalocated in the area Donetsk that make up with Luhansk Donbass region in eastern Ukraine, noting that pro-Moscow separatists control most of the territory, where the battles of the Russian-Ukrainian war have been concentrated in recent months.
In practice, the Lugansk region became almost completely in the hands of the Russian forces in early July, so the efforts of Russia and the fighters loyal to it are focused on the Donetsk region.
Several days ago, Kyiv announced that it had repelled a Russian attack near Kramatorsk, the main town of Donetsk.
Later, Ukrainian forces said that they had regained control of 3 districts in Donetsk.
British intelligence says that the situation on the ground in Donbas is in a state of turmoil "deadlock"However, Russian forces have made limited progress in recent weeks.
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And he said Zelensky In his daily video message broadcast in the evening on social networks: “This week, we have good news from Kharkiv“, according to “AFP”.
He did not mention the name of the towns that the Ukrainian forces had recaptured, saying only: “The Ukrainian flag is back in them.”
In recent days, observers confirmed that Ukrainian forces It made a breakthrough in the Kharkiv region, but this information could not be independently verified.
The Kharkiv region has partially fallen into the hands of the Russian army At the beginning of the war, which began on February 24 last.
As for the city of Kharkiv, the second largest city in the country, it is regularly subjected to fierce bombardment by the Russian forces, which have not yet succeeded in capturing it.
Since last week, Ukrainian forces have launched a counter-attack in the south of the country, concentrated in the vicinity of Kherson.
While Kyiv confirms the success of this attack, Moscow says it inflicted heavy losses on the attacking Ukrainian forces.
A city in the Donbass, held by the Russians
On Wednesday, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that its forces had managed to take control of a city in the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine.
The Ministry confirmed that the liberated city codemalocated in the area Donetsk that make up with Luhansk Donbass region in eastern Ukraine, noting that pro-Moscow separatists control most of the territory, where the battles of the Russian-Ukrainian war have been concentrated in recent months.
In practice, the Lugansk region became almost completely in the hands of the Russian forces in early July, so the efforts of Russia and the fighters loyal to it are focused on the Donetsk region.
Several days ago, Kyiv announced that it had repelled a Russian attack near Kramatorsk, the main town of Donetsk.
Later, Ukrainian forces said that they had regained control of 3 districts in Donetsk.
British intelligence says the situation on the ground in the Donbass is in a state of “stalemate”, yet Russian forces have made limited progress in recent weeks.