Russia no longer has full control of any of four 'annexed' Ukrainian provinces
Source: The Guardian
Russia no longer has full control of any of four ‘annexed’ Ukrainian provinces
Kyiv’s troops advanced in southern Kherson province and made additional gains in east
Luke Harding and Isobel Koshiw in Kyiv, and Peter Beaumont in Sloviansk
Mon 3 Oct 2022 17.00 BST
First published on Mon 3 Oct 2022 15.49 BST
Russia no longer has full control of any of the four provinces of Ukraine it says it annexed last week after Ukrainian troops reportedly advanced dozens of kilometres in Kherson province in the south of the country and made additional gains in the east.
On Monday, the Russian military acknowledged that Kyiv’s forces had broken through in the Kherson region. It said the Ukrainian army and its “superior tank units” had managed to “penetrate the depths of our defence” around the villages of Zoltaya Balka and Alexsandrovka.
The ministry of defence spokesperson Igor Konashenkov said Russian troops had occupied what he called a “pre-prepared defensive line”. They continued to “inflict massive fire damage” on Ukrainian forces, he claimed.
His comments are an admission that Ukraine’s southern counter-offensive is dramatically gaining pace, two months after it began. Ukrainian brigades appear to have achieved their biggest breakthrough in the region since the war started, bursting through the frontline and advancing rapidly along the Dnieper River.
Kyiv gave no official confirmation of the gains. ...
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/oct/03/russia-has-no-full-control-of-any-of-four-annexed-ukrainian-provinces
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