Informational war or real success?
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday that kyiv forces had recaptured several localities in the Kharkiv region of northeastern Ukraine from Russian troops, without giving any details.
"This week we have good news from the Kharkiv region," Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening video speech broadcast on social media.
Refusing to name them, he mentioned “localities where the Ukrainian flag has returned”.
Observers have reported in recent days of a supposed breakthrough of Ukrainian forces in the Kharkiv region, without this information being verifiable from an independent source.
#Ukraine 07/09 Morning of the 196th day of the invasion.
The UKR army has taken the initiative which allows it to impose the tempo of operations.
RUS forces suffer.
The counter-offensive was extended to Kharkiv - Izyum and targeted strikes were unleashed.
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— cedric mas (@CedricMas) September 7, 2022
Ukraine has been carrying out a counter-offensive since last week located several hundred kilometers away, near the city of Kherson, in the south of its territory, around which it also claims success, while Moscow claims to inflict heavy losses to his opponent.
The Kharkiv region has been partly occupied by the Russian army since the start of the invasion on February 24.
The city of the same name, the second largest in Ukraine, is regularly targeted by deadly bombardments, but the forces of Moscow have never managed to seize it.