![]() ![]() Putin’s larger and better equipped forces since their attempt to seize Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, was repelled at the start of the invasion. Russia’s retreat is the biggest embarrassment for President Vladimir V. A map released on Sunday by Russia’s defense ministry appeared to show that Ukrainian forces have driven Moscow’s troops from almost all of Kharkiv Province. Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, the top commander of Ukraine’s armed forces, said that Ukraine had reclaimed more than 1,150 square miles of terrain since the start of September. The dizzying speed of Ukraine’s push in the past several days has smashed what had been a monthslong stalemate, buoyed a nation’s spirits and galvanized calls for even more Western military support. “The goal is to deprive people of light and heat.” “No military facilities,” he wrote on Twitter. Zelensky said there was a “total blackout” in the regions of Kharkiv and Donetsk. Late in the day, in what Ukrainian officials condemned as a fit of pique over its losses, Moscow attacked infrastructure facilities in Kharkiv, leaving many civilians without power and water. 130TH BATTALION OF TERRITORIAL DEFENSE, via Associated Press President Volodymyr Zelensky and Ukraine’s armed forces shared videos showing soldiers displaying the country’s flag in cities in the Kharkiv region. ![]()
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