Zelensky visits Robotyne, starting point of the counter-offensive. “I have a great honor to be here today to reward you, because you have a difficult and decisive mission on your shoulders to repel the enemy and win this war,” he tells fighters.

Robotyne was recaptured from Russian forces in August last year, during an assault led by the 65th Brigade, which was described as a major success by kyiv in its counter- offensive against Russian forces.