Ukrainian troops removed the Russian white, blue and red tricolor flag from the village and replaced it with the Ukrainian blue and yellow flag.Figure: flipping Twitter
It has been more than half a year since Russia has invaded Ukraine with its superior military power. Recently, the situation has changed once more. The Ukrainian military announced a counter-offensive from the southern front at the end of last month, and has recovered some lost ground so far. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on the 8th that he has advanced on both the southern and eastern fronts and has regained more than 1,000 square kilometers of territory.
The Ukrainian military has previously stated that the operation to recover lost ground is mainly from the southern state of Kherson, and the sword is aimed at Crimea, but the battle report these days is on the eastern front, Kharkov (Kharkov) More than 20 villages in the region have returned to Ukrainian control. Videos circulating online showed Ukrainian troops taking down the Russian white, blue and red tricolor flag in the village and replacing it with the Ukrainian blue and yellow flag, showing what may have been a major victory for Ukraine’s counteroffensive.
Zelensky mentioned in a nightly televised speech on the 8th that since September 1st, dozens of settlements near the northeastern region of Kharkiv have been successfully recovered. The Ukrainian military pointed out in a Facebook post that in the past three days, the Ukrainian army has advanced 50 kilometers. This is the second time that a large number of occupied areas on the front line have been retaken by the Ukrainian army since the Russian army gave up occupying positions around the capital Kyiv in March.
According to Archyde.com, according to a video clip of the Russian army in Kharkiv cited by the Russian state-run Interfax news agency (Interfax), the Ukrainian army has indeed made significant progress near Kharkiv in recent days, but the report is difficult to confirm. The Kremlin declined to comment on the claims. Russian state media reported that the Russian army began to evacuate civilians from some of the areas under its control, and more urgently dispatched reinforcements to the Kharkiv region, in anticipation of fierce fighting.