kyiv claims to have liberated 500 square kilometers in southern Ukraine from Russian occupation

According to Ukraine, the settlements in the Kherson region: Visokopillya, Novovoznesenske, Bilogirka, Sukhy Stavok and Myrolyubivka have been liberated. However, the pro-Russian authorities in Kherson have assured that the Ukrainian Army has not recovered “not one meter” of territory.

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The Ukrainian Armed Forces have liberated some 500 square kilometers of territory in the south of the country from the Russian occupation, Nataliya Humenyuk, head of the press center for the joint coordination of the Defense Forces of the South of Ukraine, reported on Monday. Ukraine.

In addition, Humenyuk has said that, in the last two weeks, the Armed Forces of Ukraine had finished with more than 1800 “Russian invaders in southern Ukraine” and areas with an area of ​​​​almost 500 square kilometers had been liberated, reports the Ukrinform agency.

“We have advanced in various areas from four to several dozen kilometers. We have liberated areas of about 500 square kilometers. And we can announce that the settlements in the Kherson region: Visokopillya, Novovoznesenske, Bilogirka, Sukhy Stavok and Myrolyubivka They have already been released and are today under the Ukrainian flag,” he said.

In addition to the casualties among Russian soldiers, the spokeswoman added that the Ukrainian Army, in recent weeks, destroyed “more than 500 units of armored vehicles, 122 tanks, two planes, two helicopters and about 10 missiles in the south of the country.” cruise”.

Russian forces in Kherson (Ukraine). Photo: EFE

Ukraine has developed in recent days a counteroffensive to recover the territory that the Russian army has occupied, especially in the east and south of the country.

While the kyiv government maintains that Russian soldiers are withdrawing due to the success of their offensive, Moscow assures that it is a strategic issue to focus their efforts on the Donbas area.

The pro-Russian authorities in Kherson have assured that the Ukrainian Army has not recovered “not a meter” territorial. “Not one meter, not one centimeter of territory has been ceded. Our defenders of the Russian Defense Ministry are firmly resisting,” Kiril Stremousov, deputy head of the Kherson administration, told Russian public television.

He stressed that not only the regional capital, but also the rest of the territory occupied by Russian troops “is not threatened at this time.”