Ukraine’s Armed Forces take control of more than 30 settlements in Kharkiv Oblast – Zelenskyy
ALONA MAZURENKO — FRIDAY, 9 SEPTEMBER 2022, 22:11
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that the Armed Forces of Ukraine had taken control of more than 30 cities and towns in Kharkiv Oblast.
Source: address by the President of Ukraine at the end of day 198 of the invasion
Quote: "Our army, intelligence and the Security Service of Ukraine continue active operations on several fronts. And they are doing it successfully...
At this time, the Armed Forces have liberated and taken control of more than 30 cities and towns in Kharkiv Oblast.
In some villages of the Oblast, measures to check and secure the territory are ongoing; we are gradually taking control of new villages and towns, everywhere we are returning the Ukrainian flag and protection for all our people…
We also do not forget about other fronts. Fierce fighting continues both in Donbas and in the south of our country. I am asking Ukrainians from the liberated territory: please inform the representatives of our forces of any information known to you about the crimes committed by the occupiers on Ukrainian land."
Background:
- The Armed Forces of Ukraine started a counteroffensive in the Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine.
- On 8 September, it became known that the Defence Forces of Ukraine had already reclaimed more than 700 square kilometres on the Kharkiv and Pivdennyi Buh fronts.
- On 8 September, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the President of Ukraine, confirmed the information that army units liberated the city of Balakliia in Kharkiv Oblast.
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