He believes in it. Invited on Tuesday September 13 on franceinfo, the French ambassador to Ukraine, Etienne de Poncins, estimated that Ukraine could emerge victorious from the war which opposes it to Russia. “Today, it is no longer excluded. It is part of the possibilities. Yes, absolutely, a Ukrainian victory is possible”he declared in full counter-offensive of the Ukrainian troops. Follow our live.
6,000 km2 of territory liberated in the east and south. In total, “Since the beginning of September, our soldiers have already liberated 6,000 km2 of Ukrainian territory in the east and south, and we are continuing to advance”, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Monday evening in an online video. kyiv on Sunday claimed only 3,000 km2 “liberated”.
The United States remains cautious. “It’s too early to say exactly where all this will take us.stormed the head of American diplomacy, Antony Blinken, during a visit to Mexico City. We are in the early days (of the counter-offensive, editor’s note) so I think it would not be good to predict exactly where all this will lead us”.
Russia bombs the liberated areas. Moscow said on Monday that it had bombed areas taken over by Ukraine not far from Kharkiv, in the Kupiansk and Izium sectors. The Ukrainian general staff for its part counted about forty Russian strikes during the day “on Ukrainian military and civilian installations”.