Zelensky: The Russian army has shown us its best: its back (Alexei Fuhrman/Getty)
The Ukrainian president announced Volodymyr ZelenskyOn Saturday, the Ukrainian army recaptured “2,000 kilometers of territory” in September, stressing that the Russian army He makes the “right choice” to flee in the face of the Ukrainian counter-attack in the north-east and south of the country.
“So far, since early September, about 2,000 kilometers have been liberated. In recent days, the Russian army has shown us its best: its back. In any case, fleeing is the right option for them,” Zelensky said.
On Friday, Zelensky said that Kyiv’s forces had recaptured 30 towns from Russian forces in the northeast of the country.
On the other hand, the Elysee Palace announced that President Emmanuel Macron On Saturday, he spoke by phone again with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky about the still “very worrying” situation around the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant.
The French presidency stated that the two presidents “reviewed the situation around the Zaporizhia station, which is still very worrying. They affirmed their support for the work of the International Atomic Energy Agency.”
The source added that the French president “asked President Zelensky about the developments of the conflict on the ground and the needs of Ukraine that France can contribute to securing,” at a time when the United States announced new military aid of $2.8 billion to Kiev and the countries of the region.
As for the Zaporizhia plant, Macron and Zelensky “share the same demand for the withdrawal of Russian forces from the region to ensure the safety and security of nuclear facilities,” according to the Elysee. Macron and Zelensky discussed the issue on Monday.
On Friday, the International Atomic Energy Agency reported a “complete power outage” in the Ukrainian city of Energodar (south), where the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant is located, a situation that “endangers the safety of operations.”
One dead in Kharkiv
Two local officials said that Russian missiles hit the city Kharkiv In northeastern Ukraine, Saturday evening, killing at least one person.
The mayor of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, Ihor Terekhov, said the strikes hit the western suburb of Kholodnohersk and damaged several homes.
Regional Governor Oleh Senehubov said the rockets fired from a multi-barrel rocket launcher killed one person and wounded two.
Ukrainian forces launched a large-scale counterattack in the Kharkiv region surrounding the city in the past few days, recapturing dozens of towns and villages from Russia in a lightning attack. Sinihopov said earlier that Russia intensified its bombing of the city in response.
(AFP, Archyde.com)