President vows to push Russia’s military back to the border as advisers claim Ukrainian troops have breached frontline in several places
The long-awaited counteroffensive by Ukrainian troops appears to have started in the southern region of Kherson, with the president,, saying: “If they want to survive, it is time for the Russian military to flee.”
In an update posted to his official Telegram account Arestovych described the offensive as a “slow operation to grind the enemy”. “Of course, many would like a large-scale offensive with news about the capture by our military of a settlement in an hour,” he wrote. “But we don’t fight like that … funds are limited.”Zelenskiy did not address the counteroffensive specifically during his Monday evening address but said: “The occupiers should know: we will oust them to the border.
“This is the announcement of what we have been waiting for since the spring - it is the beginning of the end of the occupation of Kherson region,” he added. “What is happening now is a prepared, well-balanced start of a counteroffensive,” Khlan told Agence France-Presse. “Today we started offensive actions in various directions, including in the Kherson region,” Humeniuk told a briefing, adding that Ukraine’s forces had struck more than 10 sites in the past week and “unquestionably weakened the enemy”.
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