Kharkiv: Ukraine It claimed on Monday that it had taken several more villages, pushing Russian forces back to the northeastern border, part of a lightning counter-attack that forced Moscow to withdraw troops from some areas in recent days.
After months of little commotion on the battlefield, KyivThe sudden move has boosted Ukraine’s morale and sparked outrage in Russia and even some rare public criticism of the president. Vladimir PutinThe war of As Ukrainian flags began to fly over a city emerging from Russian occupation, a local leader alleged that Kremlin troops had committed atrocities against civilians there, similar to those seized by Moscow.
“In some areas of the front, our defenders reached the state border with the Russian Federation,” said oleh sinihubov, Governor of the Northeast Kharkiv Region. Over the weekend, the Russian Defense Ministry said troops would be drawn from two areas in that region to regroup in Donetsk’s eastern region.
There were reports of chaos as the Russian troops withdrew in a hurry.
“The Russians were here in the morning. Then in the afternoon, they suddenly started shouting wildly and fled in tanks and armored vehicles,” zaliznichneA small town near the eastern boundary line, told Sky News of a quick return.
It was not yet clear whether the Ukrainian Blitz could signal a turning point in the war – although some analysts suggested it could, with warnings that months more fighting was likely. Momentum has gone back and forth before.
Yet there was an atmosphere of excitement throughout the country.
The General Staff of Ukraine’s armed forces said on Monday that its troops had liberated more than 20 settlements in the past day. According to the British Ministry of Defense, in recent days, Kyiv’s forces have occupied an area at least the size of Greater London.
In Kharkiv, officials appreciated some return to normalcy, noting that electricity and water were restored to about 80% of the region’s population after Russian attacks on infrastructure that knocked out electricity in many places in Ukraine. was.
“You are the hero!!!” wrote to Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov early in the morning on Telegram, referring to those restoring utilities in Ukraine’s second-largest city. “Thank you to everyone who did everything possible during this most difficult night for Kharkiv to bring city life back to normal as soon as possible.”
A defiant president had captured the spirited mood as well. Volodymyr Zelensky on social media late Sunday night
“Do you still think you can scare us, break us, force us to make concessions?” Zelensky asked. “For us cold, hunger, darkness and thirst are not as scary and deadly as your ‘friendship’ and brotherhood.”
In the end, he said: “We will live with gas, lights, water and food … and without you!”
Meanwhile, in Russia, there were some signs of disarray as Russian military bloggers and patriotic commentators chastised the Kremlin for failing to mobilize more forces and take strong action against Ukraine. Russia has consistently refrained from calling its invasion of Ukraine a war, instead using the description “special military operation”. Instead of mass mobilization fueling civil discontent and protest, it has relied on a limited contingent of volunteers.
Ramzan Kadyrov, the Moscow-backed leader of the Russian region of Chechnya, publicly criticized the Russian Defense Ministry for what he called “mistakes” that made the Ukrainian attack possible.
Even more remarkable, such criticism took hold on state-controlled Russian TV.
“The people who reassured President Putin that the operation would be fast and effective … these people really set us all up,” former Member of Parliament Boris Nadezhdin said on a talk show on NTV television. “Now we are at the point that we have to understand that it is absolutely impossible to defeat Ukraine using these resources and the methods of colonial warfare.”
Yet even in the midst of the turmoil in Ukraine, casualties continued to mount. Ukraine’s presidential office said on Monday that at least four civilians were killed and 11 others injured in a series of Russian attacks in nine regions of the country. The UN Human Rights Office said last week that 5,767 civilians had been killed so far.
The strike continued during broad daylight in Kharkiv on Monday when a missile hit a police station in the city center, engulfing a section of it and killing one person, the regional police chief Volodymyr Tymoahko Told. Teams of firefighters battling the flames, licking the ceiling from the upper floors, blew smoke over the area.
In memory of the war’s toll, a council member in Izium – one of the regions where Russia said it had withdrawn troops – accused those forces of killing civilians and committing other atrocities.
“Russian soldiers committed crimes and tried to hide them,” said Maxim Strelnikov. Their claims could not be immediately confirmed.
Izium was a major base for Russian forces in the northeastern Kharkiv region. According to Strelnikov, the first Ukrainian flag was hoisted over the city on 10 September, and more have popped up throughout the city. Some residents, clad in the country’s blue and yellow flags, happily greeted the Ukrainian military, offering them food.
The Russians continued shelling Nikopol in the Dnieper from the Zaporizhzhya Power Plant, damaging several buildings there and leaving Europe’s largest nuclear facility in a precarious position. The last operational reactor at that plant has been shut down to prevent a radiation disaster as fierce fighting is underway nearby.
While the war will likely stretch to next year, the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War said on Monday that by effectively using Western supplied weapons such as the long-range HIMARS missile “Ukraine has turned the tide of this war in its favor”. changed” system and stronger battlefield strategy. “Kyiv will likely determine the location and nature of major battles.”
Meanwhile, the British Defense Ministry said it was likely to further undermine the Russian military’s confidence in its commanders and put Moscow’s troops on the back foot.
Some analysts praised Ukraine’s initial move on the southern Kherson region, before moving further northeast on the further eroded Russian lines, to attract the attention of enemy troops there.
The British military said that even around Kherson, Russia was struggling to bring troops across the Dnipro River to prevent an invasion of Ukraine.
After months of little commotion on the battlefield, KyivThe sudden move has boosted Ukraine’s morale and sparked outrage in Russia and even some rare public criticism of the president. Vladimir PutinThe war of As Ukrainian flags began to fly over a city emerging from Russian occupation, a local leader alleged that Kremlin troops had committed atrocities against civilians there, similar to those seized by Moscow.
“In some areas of the front, our defenders reached the state border with the Russian Federation,” said oleh sinihubov, Governor of the Northeast Kharkiv Region. Over the weekend, the Russian Defense Ministry said troops would be drawn from two areas in that region to regroup in Donetsk’s eastern region.
There were reports of chaos as the Russian troops withdrew in a hurry.
“The Russians were here in the morning. Then in the afternoon, they suddenly started shouting wildly and fled in tanks and armored vehicles,” zaliznichneA small town near the eastern boundary line, told Sky News of a quick return.
It was not yet clear whether the Ukrainian Blitz could signal a turning point in the war – although some analysts suggested it could, with warnings that months more fighting was likely. Momentum has gone back and forth before.
Yet there was an atmosphere of excitement throughout the country.
The General Staff of Ukraine’s armed forces said on Monday that its troops had liberated more than 20 settlements in the past day. According to the British Ministry of Defense, in recent days, Kyiv’s forces have occupied an area at least the size of Greater London.
In Kharkiv, officials appreciated some return to normalcy, noting that electricity and water were restored to about 80% of the region’s population after Russian attacks on infrastructure that knocked out electricity in many places in Ukraine. was.
“You are the hero!!!” wrote to Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov early in the morning on Telegram, referring to those restoring utilities in Ukraine’s second-largest city. “Thank you to everyone who did everything possible during this most difficult night for Kharkiv to bring city life back to normal as soon as possible.”
A defiant president had captured the spirited mood as well. Volodymyr Zelensky on social media late Sunday night
“Do you still think you can scare us, break us, force us to make concessions?” Zelensky asked. “For us cold, hunger, darkness and thirst are not as scary and deadly as your ‘friendship’ and brotherhood.”
In the end, he said: “We will live with gas, lights, water and food … and without you!”
Meanwhile, in Russia, there were some signs of disarray as Russian military bloggers and patriotic commentators chastised the Kremlin for failing to mobilize more forces and take strong action against Ukraine. Russia has consistently refrained from calling its invasion of Ukraine a war, instead using the description “special military operation”. Instead of mass mobilization fueling civil discontent and protest, it has relied on a limited contingent of volunteers.
Ramzan Kadyrov, the Moscow-backed leader of the Russian region of Chechnya, publicly criticized the Russian Defense Ministry for what he called “mistakes” that made the Ukrainian attack possible.
Even more remarkable, such criticism took hold on state-controlled Russian TV.
“The people who reassured President Putin that the operation would be fast and effective … these people really set us all up,” former Member of Parliament Boris Nadezhdin said on a talk show on NTV television. “Now we are at the point that we have to understand that it is absolutely impossible to defeat Ukraine using these resources and the methods of colonial warfare.”
Yet even in the midst of the turmoil in Ukraine, casualties continued to mount. Ukraine’s presidential office said on Monday that at least four civilians were killed and 11 others injured in a series of Russian attacks in nine regions of the country. The UN Human Rights Office said last week that 5,767 civilians had been killed so far.
The strike continued during broad daylight in Kharkiv on Monday when a missile hit a police station in the city center, engulfing a section of it and killing one person, the regional police chief Volodymyr Tymoahko Told. Teams of firefighters battling the flames, licking the ceiling from the upper floors, blew smoke over the area.
In memory of the war’s toll, a council member in Izium – one of the regions where Russia said it had withdrawn troops – accused those forces of killing civilians and committing other atrocities.
“Russian soldiers committed crimes and tried to hide them,” said Maxim Strelnikov. Their claims could not be immediately confirmed.
Izium was a major base for Russian forces in the northeastern Kharkiv region. According to Strelnikov, the first Ukrainian flag was hoisted over the city on 10 September, and more have popped up throughout the city. Some residents, clad in the country’s blue and yellow flags, happily greeted the Ukrainian military, offering them food.
The Russians continued shelling Nikopol in the Dnieper from the Zaporizhzhya Power Plant, damaging several buildings there and leaving Europe’s largest nuclear facility in a precarious position. The last operational reactor at that plant has been shut down to prevent a radiation disaster as fierce fighting is underway nearby.
While the war will likely stretch to next year, the Washington-based Institute for the Study of War said on Monday that by effectively using Western supplied weapons such as the long-range HIMARS missile “Ukraine has turned the tide of this war in its favor”. changed” system and stronger battlefield strategy. “Kyiv will likely determine the location and nature of major battles.”
Meanwhile, the British Defense Ministry said it was likely to further undermine the Russian military’s confidence in its commanders and put Moscow’s troops on the back foot.
Some analysts praised Ukraine’s initial move on the southern Kherson region, before moving further northeast on the further eroded Russian lines, to attract the attention of enemy troops there.
The British military said that even around Kherson, Russia was struggling to bring troops across the Dnipro River to prevent an invasion of Ukraine.