Ukraine announced on Friday that it has liberated dozens of towns in its eastern and southern counteroffensives while Russian f___es attempt to retreat with their wounded in some occupied areas.
Volodymyr Zelensky, the Ukrainian president, posted a video in which Ukrainian soldiers said they had captured the eastern town of Balakliia near Kharkiv, the second largest city in Ukraine.
And video posted to a Ukrainian news aggregator appeared to show the Russians had left behind trucks, artillery and ammunition.
Ukrainian military officials said that Russia was trying to evacuate wounded soldiers from Vilkhuvatka, a village southwest of Kharkiv, and Borodoyarske in the southeast.
The gain in territory will be a significant boost for Ukrainian morale while Russia, according to Western intelligence reports, has seen a huge number of casualties.
Until the Ukrainian flag flies over the Kremlin, there will be no peace.
But itâs admirable how Ukraine is doing. If the Western countries delivered more heavy weapons more quickly and more, they would be a long way ahead.
There are really kicking ass in that area, and they are very close to cutting off the two main supply lines (one rail and one road) that go south from Kupiansk through to Izyum. Once Izyum is cut off, they can take the whole damn region.
I wonder what is next in case they liberate Kherson area? Keep south towards Crimea or turn east and attack Donbass from two sides and maybe even retake Mariupol?
Evolution of the front in the last 36 hours, according to Russian sources. Complete collapse, Ukrainian f___es gained 70-80km and took over Kupiansk, the key hub for transporting Russians to the front.
