Armed Forces of Ukraine advance several dozen kilometres in south of Ukraine – Humeniuk
IRYNA BALACHUK – SATURDAY, 10 SEPTEMBER 2022, 14:41
The Armed Forces of Ukraine are conducting a successful counteroffensive in the south of Ukraine. They have now advanced several dozen kilometres on various fronts.
Source: Nataliia Humeniuk, spokesperson of the press centre of Operational Command Pivden (South), on the 24/7 news broadcast
Quote: "The results [of the counteroffensive] are encouraging, and we are working to achieve such convincing results every morning. Our troops have advanced between two and several dozen kilometres in different areas of the southern front line. Soon we will certainly name those settlements that are welcoming our troops with joy right now."
Details: Humeniuk said that in the past 24 hours, the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the southern front have killed over 70 occupiers and destroyed 9 Russian tanks and 2 howitzers of the large-calibre artillery which the occupiers had used to constantly attack the Nikopol district.
Background:
- The Armed Forces of Ukraine has begun its counteroffensive in the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine.
- The Defence Forces of Ukraine have liberated over 1,000 square kilometres of land.
- On 8 September, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed that the city of Balakliia in Kharkiv Oblast had been liberated by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
- On 9 September, Zelenskyy reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine had liberated over 30 settlements in the Kharkiv region.
- On 10 September, Nataliia Popova, advisor to the head of the Kharkiv Oblast Council, reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine had liberated the city of Kupiansk from the occupiers.
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