On Thursday, the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army, Valery Zalouzhny, said that his troops had taken over 1,000 km2 of formerly occupied territory.
“In recent days, the Russian army is showing us what it has best: its back. After all, it’s a good choice for them to run away“, he hammered. “There is no place in Ukraine for occupiers, and there never will be“, he added.