KYIV, UKRAINE (AP) – Ukrainian forces yesterday pushed its counter-offensive in the country’s east, exploiting quick gains they made in a week of fighting that has sharply changed the course of the conflict.
Ukraine’s quick action to reclaim Russia-occupied areas in the northeastern Kharkiv region forced Moscow to withdraw its troops to prevent them from being surrounded and leave behind significant numbers of weapons and munitions in a hasty retreat as the war marked 200 days yesterday.
Yesterday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy posted a video of Ukrainian soldiers hoisting the national flag over Chkalovske, another town they reclaimed from the Russians in the counteroffensive.
Ukraine’s military chief, General Valerii Zaluzhnyy, said yesterday that Ukraine had liberated about 3,000 square kilometres since the beginning of September.
He noted that the Ukrainian troops are now just 50 kilometres away from the border with Russia.
