Status: 09/13/2022 03:48 a.m
According to President Selenskyj, Ukraine has recaptured 6,000 square kilometers of previously Russian-occupied areas in its counter-offensive since the beginning of September. He also calls for faster delivery of anti-aircraft weapons.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has named the magnitude of the territories recaptured by Ukraine from Russia. In the east and south of the country, more than 6,000 square kilometers have been liberated from the Russian occupiers since the beginning of September, he said in his evening video address.
According to Ukrainian sources, landmines and other unexploded weapons are now being defused in these areas, and a search is being carried out for Russian soldiers who may have remained there. The Ukrainian military had previously announced that it had liberated more than 20 towns within 24 hours as part of the ongoing major Ukrainian offensive.
Britain’s Defense Ministry said on Monday that Ukraine had recaptured an area at least twice the size of Greater London in the past few days. According to a report by the Russian news agency Tass, residents of a Russian village near the border were evacuated after one person was killed in Ukrainian shelling.
conflicting parties as a source
Information on the course of the war, shelling and casualties provided by official bodies of the Russian and Ukrainian conflict parties cannot be directly checked by an independent body in the current situation.
Zelenskyj calls for faster delivery of anti-aircraft weapons
Despite the Ukrainian gains in territory, the Russian war of aggression also continues. After Russian rocket hits on the power supply in Ukraine, Zelenskyy is therefore demanding faster delivery of anti-aircraft weapons.
The aid of international partners to Ukraine must be increased, said in his video address. “Together we can overcome Russian terror.”
Power outages in large parts of eastern Ukraine
Russian rocket hits on a power plant near Kharkiv temporarily paralyzed large parts of the power grid in eastern Ukraine on Sunday evening. “Hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians found themselves in the dark – without electricity. Houses, hospitals, schools, municipal infrastructure,” Zelenskyy said. “Russian missiles hit precisely those objects that have absolutely nothing to do with the infrastructure of our country’s armed forces.”
He interpreted the shelling as revenge for the advance of the Ukrainian army in the Kharkiv region. Since the beginning of September, the army has recaptured more than 6,000 square kilometers in the east and south from the Russian occupiers, the president said. Germany has promised Ukraine the state-of-the-art Iris-T air defense system. Ukraine hopes for quick delivery. According to Kiev reports, the first unit will be sent by the end of the year.