The Ukrainian counterattack in the Kharkiv region surprised Russia and the world, and according to the Ukrainian Chief of Staff, Valery Zlozhny, succeeded in liberating 30,000 square kilometers of territory occupied by the Russians. The commander announced that the Ukrainian army continues to attack towards the east and south, but also towards the north.
Zlozheny said that vanguard forces of the Ukrainian army are already 50 kilometers from the international border with Russia in the north of Kharkiv district, which indicates the disintegration of the Russian army in the north of the sector as well.
Yesterday it was reported that the Ukrainian army began shelling the Russian army around the city of Vovchansk, where Moscow transferred the administrative and command structure of the Kharkiv district sector after the fall of the city of Izum to the Ukrainians.
Russian tanks left behind and captured by the Ukrainian army
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, referred to the great military achievements of the counterattack in the Kharkiv region and said that Ukraine will be able to liberate additional territories during the fall and winter months if it receives appropriate equipment from the West.
"I believe that the coming winter will be a turning point in the liberation of Ukraine from Russian occupation. We see how the occupier is doing a miracle on its own in certain areas, and we can speed up the process if we get suitable weapons," the president said in a short press release.
Interestingly, the most serious source of weapons that Ukraine has received in recent days does not come from its allies or NATO countries, but rather from the retreating Russian army. Documentation that reached its social network reveals a huge amount of tanks, self-propelled guns and APCs that were left as they were by the Russian soldiers who were trying And they will need a little work for the Ukrainian army in order to use them.
In one video, no less than nine T-80 tanks, a relatively modern model for the vehicles in the hands of the Ukrainian army, were seen lying in place unharmed in the Kharkiv sector.
A Russian ammunition depot seized by the Ukrainian army,
In addition to the various vehicles, the Russian army left behind warehouses and storage stations full of ammunition, which the Ukrainians desperately need.
The Ukrainian army has a large amount of Russian tanks and cannons, but in the West they hardly have the types of ammunition necessary for these tools and the shells have almost run out for some of the cannons and tanks that the Ukrainians have.
A large supply of new shells will allow the Ukrainians to continue to use these weapons systems for a longer time, while NATO-made systems are slowly coming into use by the Ukrainian military.
Ukrainian soldiers operate a US-made cannon in Kharkiv Oblast,
On top of that, the Ukrainian success in carrying out a large-scale offensive proved for Kyiv's allies beyond any doubt that it is a force with capabilities and a reliable central command, which will know how to use the equipment and training it will receive from the Western countries.
Southern Deception
The success of Western, and especially American, aid to Ukraine is certainly evident in the counterattack in the Kharkiv district.
Taras Brezovets, a senior member of the Ukrainian security system in the past and a consultant to one of his volunteer brigades, told the British "Guardian" that the units chosen to participate in the counterattack in Kharkiv were equipped with a western bag.
Barzovetz told the British newspaper that the massive publicity about a counterattack in the Kherson area was part of a deliberate deception campaign designed to get the Russians to concentrate large forces in Kherson at the expense of other sectors, and to prepare for a significant attack there.
"The Russians expected the attack to take place in the south and moved their equipment to the south. Then, instead of attacking towards the south, we attacked where they least expected it, and therefore the experience and the panic," Barzovac explained.
A Russian APC that was destroyed in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine,
In recent weeks, the Ukrainians managed to liberate several villages in the Kherson sector and cut off the Russian army from the southern bank of the Dnieper river by bombing the bridges.
However, the Russian army is well entrenched in the sector and did not collapse following the Ukrainian attack in the area.
Yesterday it was reported that a large force of Chechen fighters was sent by the Russian command to the region in order to hold on to the southern sector and prevent its collapse.
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