In his traditional evening video speech, Volodymyr Zelensky referred to “good news from the Kharkiv region”.
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“This week we have good news from the Kharkiv region.” In his video speech broadcast on Wednesday September 7, Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed several military advances in the north-east of the country. Refusing to name them, the Ukrainian president spoke of “localities where the Ukrainian flag has returned”.
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Observers had reported in recent days of a breakthrough by Ukrainian forces in the Kharkiv region, without this information being verifiable from an independent source. The Kharkiv region has been partly occupied by the Russian army since the start of the invasion. The city of the same name, the second largest in Ukraine, is regularly targeted by deadly bombardments, but the forces of Moscow have never managed to seize it.
⚡️ Zelensky finally speaks on Ukraine’s recent counteroffensive operation but doesn’t disclose specifics: “This week we have good news from Kharkiv region,” he says, adding “it is not the time to name the places to which the Ukrainian flag is returning. ” He thanks several units. pic.twitter.com/NF27wR7aR4
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This statement of President Zelensky arrives when a meeting of defense ministers from allied countries opens on Thursday. US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin will indeed welcome his counterparts from allied countries to the US base in Ramstein, in western Germany, to discuss the situation in Ukraine and organize support for the kyiv forces.
Ukraine, which has been leading a counter-offensive in the south of its territory since last week, has repeatedly stated that it wants to resume “all regions under Russian occupation”including Crimea, annexed by Russia in 2014.