![]() ![]() He told the Financial Times that Ukrainian forces could be encircled by fresh Russian troops if they advanced too far.īut he said the offensive had gone far better than expected, describing it as a "snowball rolling down a hill". "We will be slowly, gradually moving forward." 'SNOWBALL ROLLING DOWN A HILL'ĭefence Minister Oleksii Reznikov said Ukraine needed to secure retaken territory against a possible Russian counterattack on stretched Ukrainian supply lines. "We will not be standing still," he said in a CNN interview recorded on Friday in Kyiv. Zelenskiy said Ukrainian forces would continue to advance. ![]() Ukraine's gains are important politically for Zelenskiy as he seeks to keep Europe united behind Ukraine - supplying weapons and money - even as an energy crisis looms this winter following cuts in Russian gas supplies to European customers. Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov described attacks on infrastructure as "cynical revenge" for the success of Ukrainian troops at the front, particularly in Kharkiv. Kyrylo Tymoshenko, the deputy head of the president's office, posted an image on Telegram of a power station on fire but added power had been restored in some regions. "They are unable to reconcile themselves to defeats on the battlefield," Dnipropetrovsk Governor Valentyn Reznichenko wrote on Telegram. Zelenskiy said late on Sunday that Russian attacks caused a total blackout in the Kharkiv and Donetsk regions, and partial blackouts in the Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk and Sumy regions. Some called on Sunday for President Vladimir Putin to make immediate changes to ensure ultimate victory in the war. Moscow's almost total silence on the defeat - or any explanation for what had taken place in northeastern Ukraine - provoked significant anger among some pro-war commentators and Russian nationalists on social media. Ukraine's chief commander, General Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, said the armed forces had regained control of more than 3,000 square km (1,158 square miles) since the start of this month. In the worst defeat for Moscow's forces since they were repelled from the outskirts of the capital Kyiv in March, thousands of Russian soldiers left behind ammunition and equipment as they fled the city of Izium, which they had used as a logistics hub. Zelenskiy has described Ukraine's offensive as a potential breakthrough in the six-month-old war, and said the winter could see further territorial gains if Kyiv received more powerful weapons. Moscow denies its forces deliberately target civilians. #Free stronghold 2 maps for freeRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Register ![]()
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