Ukraine continues to advance in the Kharkiv region. The picture shows an abandoned Russian armored personnel carrier near a village on the outskirts of Izyum in the Kharkiv region in eastern Ukraine. (AFP)
2022/09/13 20:23
[Central News Agency]Ukraine’s Deputy Defense Minister Mariar told Archyde.com today that fighting is still fierce in the Kharkiv region in northeastern Ukraine, but the Ukrainian army is highly active and has a well-planned battle plan. Good progress is being made.
Hanna Malyar said: “The goal of the Ukrainian army is to liberate Kharkiv and beyond, that is, all the territories occupied by the Russian Federation. The fighting is still going on (in the Kharkiv region). Now say (Ukraine) It is too early to have complete control of the Kharkiv region.”
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“Our strength comes from our very active and thorough planning of operations,” she said, adding that Ukraine has decided to continue its operations in the Kharkiv region because of the success so far.
Marial made the remarks while en route to Balakliia.
Balaklia, located 74 kilometers southeast of Ukraine’s second-largest city Kharkiv, is an important military supply hub. It was recaptured by the Ukrainian army during a counteroffensive last week, forcing the Russian army to flee further east.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said last night that Ukraine has now retaken about 6,000 square kilometers of territory, but he called on the West to speed up the delivery of weapons systems.
In a video talk released late yesterday night, Zelensky said the West must speed up the delivery of weapons systems and called on allies to “increase cooperation to defeat Russian terror”.
Russia, which still controls about a fifth of Ukraine’s territory, has shelled power plants and other vital infrastructure in response to Kyiv’s progress on the battlefield, causing blackouts in Kharkiv and elsewhere.
The Ukrainian military did not report any new developments today, saying it was shelling parts of Kharkiv Oblast recaptured by Ukrainians and further south to attack Donetsk Oblast.
The Ukrainian General Staff reported that the Ukrainian army had repelled the Russian attack on the Donetsk region; the leader of the separatist Donetsk People’s Republic, Denis Pushilin, said his forces were repelling the Ukrainian offensive. , he believes the situation will improve.
Archyde.com could not immediately verify reports from the battlefield.
The Ukrainian governor of the neighboring Luhansk region of Donetsk, which has been occupied by Russia, is expected to launch a large-scale offensive there today, according to Serhiy Gaidai, the governor of Ukraine.
A diplomat in Moscow, who asked not to be named, was cautious about what happened next.
“I’m encouraged by Ukraine’s progress in Kharkiv, but we shouldn’t be too hasty,” he said. The key, he said, was whether the Ukrainian army could advance into the Luhansk region.
“The current moment is significant, but it is not the beginning of the end,” he said, adding that it would be interesting to see how the morale of the Russian army around Kherson in southern Ukraine would be affected. Ukrainian progress on the ground has been slow.
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