![]() The army on the southern front had advanced by up to 7 km (4.4 miles) in the area along the Mokry Yali, as well as by up to 3 km (1.8 miles) on another axis further west near the village of Mala Tokmachka, Ukrainian military officials said. "We are ready to continue fighting to liberate our territory even with our bare hands," he said. Troops had captured at least seven settlements and 100 square km (38 square miles) of territory in two major pushes in the south so far, Brigadier-General Oleksii Hromov said. The Ukrainian military, which had maintained strict silence about the campaign for more than a week, came forward to tout the gains on Thursday, holding its first full media briefing since the counteroffensive began. Ukrainian troops in Storozheve told Reuters they had killed around 50 Russians and captured four there. Several bodies of Russian soldiers lay in the streets of ruined and depopulated villages. ![]() Reuters reached the villages of Neskuchne and Storozheve over the past two days, providing the first independent confirmation of the Ukrainian advance several kilometres southwards along the Mokry Yali river into territory Russia had held since the early days of its invasion last year. Zelenskiy said the news from the front lines was "generally positive but it's very difficult," according to a partial transcript of the interview.Ĭontinuing his campaign for military assistance, Zelenskiy urged the Swiss parliament in a video address to allow other states to re-export Swiss-made weapons to Ukraine, saying such a move by the neutral country would be vital. ![]()
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