President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said Ukraine's military had made major, rapid advances against Russian forces in the past week, taking back dozens of towns in regions in the south and east that Russia has declared annexed.
A military uniform is seen next to an abandoned Russian infantry fighting vehicle BMD-4 in the village of Kurylivka, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine October 1, 2022. REUTERS/Vitalii Hnidyi
A video released by the Ukraine defense ministry appeared to show the Ukrainian flag being raised over one of those communities, Davydiv Brid, in Kherson. "In some areas of the front line it was possible to extend the area we hold from between 10 to 20 km," the southern Operational Command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said on Wednesday.
Russia has escalated its seven-month war with the annexation drive, a military mobilization and warnings of a possible recourse to nuclear weapons to protect its territory. Russian defense ministry maps presented on Tuesday appeared to show rapid withdrawals of Russian forces from areas in eastern and southern Ukraine where they have been under severe pressure from the Ukrainian counteroffensive.
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