Ukraine says its forces are pushing back Russian soldiers from strategic holdouts in the east, with Kiev’s military announcing that as much as 3,000 square kilometres have been wrested back
Crates of dumped munitions and abandoned military hardware could be seen scattered in territory left by the Russian forces.
These are key supply and logistics hubs that Russia depends on to restock its frontline positions in the east. That figure is already around one-third larger than the total area announced by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy late Saturday. Ukrainian officials this weekend hailed the "astonishing" pace of the counter-offensive. And on Sunday, the country's foreign minister used the momentum to appeal to Western allies for more supplies of sophisticated weapons.
And a Russian official in the border region of Belgorod said "thousands" of people had fled the Kharkiv region over the border and into Russia.
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