President of Ukraine reported how many settlements remain under occupation
Kateryna Tyshchenko — Monday, 18 July 2022, 22:59
The Armed Forces of Ukraine have liberated 1,028 settlements to date, while 2,621 Ukrainian settlements remain occupied by Russian forces.
Source: Presidential video address
Quote: "As of today, 1,028 settlements have been liberated from the occupiers. Further 2,621 remain under the invaders' control."
Details: Volodymyr Zelenskyy emphasised that the Ukrainian Armed Forces were able to inflict "significant logistical losses" on the forces of the aggressor.
"It is increasingly difficult for the Russian army to hold their positions on the seized territory. Step by step, we advance, disrupt supplies for the occupiers, identify and neutralise collaborators," he said.
At the same time, the President reminded that Russia keeps most of the residents of the occupied territories in an information vacuum and spreads lies about Ukraine. Hence, he called on the residents of the free territories to deliver the truth to Ukrainians under occupation.
Quote: "I ask all of you who have contacts and opportunities: spread true information to the occupied territory, support our people, spread the truth there. Do so in any way you find effective.
On our entire Ukrainian land — from Kherson to Horlivka, from Henichesk to the occupied districts of Kharkiv region, in Melitopol and Berdyansk, in Energodar, in Luhansk and Donetsk Oblasts, in Crimea, — our people should hear about Ukraine from the Ukrainians."
