Ukraine piles pressure on retreating Russian troops
By ELENA BECATOROS and HANNA
ARHIROVA2 hours ago
KHARKIV,
Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian troops continued to pile unrelenting pressure on retreating Russian forces on Tuesday, seeking to hold on
to their sudden momentum that has produced major territorial gains.
Fresh
yellow-and-blue flags fluttered from the tallest buildings left in partly
destroyed towns around Ukraine’s second city, Kharkiv, while Ukrainian soldiers
inspected charred Russian tanks left along the way.
“From the
beginning of September until today, our soldiers have already liberated more
than 6,000 square kilometers of the territory of Ukraine — in the east and
south. The movement of our troops continues,” said Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelenskyy in his nightly address late Monday.
Many of
the claims of military success could not be independently verified.
Rubbing
salt into Russia’s wounds, British intelligence said that one of Moscow’s
premier forces, the 1st Guards Tank Army, had been “severely degraded” during
the invasion and that “Russia’s conventional force designed to counter NATO is
severely weakened. It will likely take years for Russia to rebuild this
capability.”
The
retreat didn’t stop Russia from pounding Ukrainian positions, however. Early
Tuesday, it shelled the city of Lozova in the Kharkiv region, killing three
people and injuring nine, said regional governor Oleh Syniehubov.
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