After the sharp attacks of the Ukrainian army in the southeast, Russia was forced to withdraw from the areas it had occupied.
According to the Reuters news agency, on Saturday, Ukrainian forces made a sudden advance in the Kharkiv region and Russia had to withdraw from the Izum region, which is seen as a major defeat for Russia.
On the other hand, Ukraine has declared this as its main success in the six-month war, saying that not only Russian troops have withdrawn from the area, but they have also left a huge amount of weapons and other equipment.
Russia's official TASS news agency quoted the Defense Ministry as saying that the troops had been ordered to withdraw from the area and resume operations elsewhere in the Donetsk region.
The head of the Russian administration in Kharkiv has asked residents of the region to leave the province and move to Russia in order to 'save lives'.
According to Tass, eyewitnesses say that "people are trying to get out of there and there is a traffic jam on the roads due to the rush."
If Ukraine's claims are true, it is a huge blow for Russia, while Western intelligence agencies also say it has suffered heavy casualties.
On the other hand, the current situation is being declared as the main success of Ukraine, which also shows that it is taking full advantage of the weapons that are being supplied to it by Western countries.
Kiev is under pressure to make military gains before winter sets in as Russian President Putin has threatened to freeze all energy shipments to Europe if Brussels agrees to Russia's proposal to cut oil prices. will
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Koliba says that Ukraine's armed forces have proven that they are capable of defeating Russia thanks to the weapons they are providing.
According to him, "I therefore repeat that the more weapons we get, the faster we will win and the sooner the war will end."
On Saturday night, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi said in his speech that "our army has taken over two thousand square kilometers of occupied territory as a result of the counterattack that started at the beginning of this month."
Similarly, Zelinsky's chief of staff, Andrey Yermark, has quipped that the Russian army claims to be the fastest army in the world, but on the run. Keep running.
