Seven months into war, Ukraine regains Kharkiv, raises flags on towns occupied by Russia
Ukraine has claimed that they have regained control of the Kharkiv region and the reclamation area recorded by Moscow on the first day of the military invasion by Vladimir Putin, The Guardian reported. A video published by the Ukraine state border guard service shows the Ukraine military in Vovchansk, a newly released city in Kharkiv blast less than 20 kilometers from the Ukraine-Russian border on September 13, Tuesday.
This video published by Ukraine's State Border Guard Service shows the Ukrainian military in Vovchansk, a recently liberated city in Kharkiv Oblast less than 20 kilometers away from the Ukrainian-Russian border on Sept. 13. pic.twitter.com/h8yQAmtdOo
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) September 13, 2022
The Ukrainian army raised the flags in cities and villages -village after regaining control of these areas occupied by Russia for six months. After consolidating control over the Kharkiv region, the Ukrainian army holds a high -national national flag on the roof and also in the Keytown of Kreminna.
Ukraine has made a large territorial profit, especially in the city of Kharkiv and Russian troops have left the area.
The report shows that Russian intelligence officers and military commanders have begun to evacuate from Crimea after this new defeat. Ukraine troops took over Izyum and Kupiank, both in the Kharkiv region, which was the main center for the supply of Russian troops in Donbas, BBC reported.
Ukraine troops have reclaimed more than 6,000 square kilometers (2,300 square miles) in the east and southern countries this month, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. Russian troops and stabilized 4,000 other square km, said President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a speech on Tuesday.
Kukisun to Zelenskiy, Balakliya, one of the areas that has been captured again, residents now receive pension payments for five months. The President also issued an appeal for bilateral and multilateral agreements with international countries to protect the future sovereignty of Ukraine.
The troops have begun to resign, which are seen by many analysts as a very significant success of Ukraine. Ukrainian troops have re -captured dozens of cities in amazing changes in the momentum of the battlefield. Russia has mostly handed over its profits near Kharkiv and many interesting Russian soldiers have come out of Ukraine, said a senior US military official.
Moscow has left its main fortress in the northeast on Saturday, Reuters reported. This is seen as Russian’s worst defeat since the beginning of the invasion. Russian President Vladimir Putin has so far been silent about military setbacks and is under pressure from nationalists at home to regain this initiative.
Kankelir Olaf Scholz urged Russian President Vladimir Putin in a telephone call on Tuesday to find diplomatic solutions for conflict in Ukraine based on a ceasefire and total withdrawal of Russian troops as soon as possible, a German government spokesman told Reuters.
State Secretary Antony Blinken said that it was still early in the counter -offensive Ukraine against Russian troops, but Ukraine forces had made “significant progress.” The United States will likely announce a new military assistance package for Ukraine in “future days,” said the White House.
-Wh three reserve electricity channels in the Russian -controlled Zaporizhhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine have been restored, the US nuclear supervisor said. The lines have been lowered by shooting around the plant.
Head of International Monetary Fund Kristalina Georgieva said he and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on Tuesday agreed to explore ways to expand the support of IMF for war-torn countries and build towards the full financing program.Responding to the Ukraine counterattack in the east and south of the country in recent days, Russia has increased the shooting of power plants and other infrastructure, which caused blackouts in the city of Kharkiv and elsewhere, reporting Reuters.
Presiden Zelenskiy said that the Russian army ‘attacked Ukraine’s energy infrastructure’ on Sundays and Monday and ‘hundreds of thousands of Ukraine people found themselves in the darkness -without electricity’. Russia is trying to cut the potential of Ukraine to export electricity to Europe, he said.