Ukraine has “inflicted a major operational defeat” on Russia, recapturing almost all of the Kharkiv region in the rapid counteroffensive launched last week.
A Russian-installed official in Ukraine's Kharkiv region said on Monday that Ukrainian forces outnumbered Russian and pro-Russian forces by eight times during a lightning Ukrainian counteroffensive in the region last week, Reuters reported.
On Sunday, Russia's Defence Ministry published a map, showing that Russian forces had almost entirely abandoned the Kharkiv region.Ukraine is still trying to restore electricity and water supplies in the Kharkiv region after missile attacks over the weekend, following Ukrainian counterattacks in the region, caused supply outages.Monday that 80% of electricity and water supplies in the Kharkiv region have been restored."We continue to work," Tymoshenko said.
He said on Twitter that Russian forces"remain terrorists & attack critical infrastructure. No military facilities, the goal is to deprive people of light & heat."Ukraine has recaptured territory 'at least twice the size of Greater London' in just 5 days, UK ministry saysA military truck bearing Russia invasion forces'"Z" symbol lies blasted in the town of Balakliya, which Ukrainian troops liberated over the weekend.
Ukrainian successes in the north at Kharkiv, coupled with advances in the south at Kherson, have likely forced Moscow to commit its forces to"emergency defensive actions," the U.K. ministry said. Ukraine's forces have been able to recapture dozens of towns and villages in the northeast of the country over the last few days, including the strategically important town of Izyum and lately, Kupiansk. Ukraine's counteroffensive in the northeast came after its much-vaunted counteroffensive in the south around Kherson saw Russia redeploy troops away from the region to defend areas they occupied in the south.
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