Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his country's counteroffensive is pushing forward despite 'what anyone says.' Follow here for live updates.
Russian forces had put up stiff resistance around the settlement of Verbove. It said Robotyne was now fully under Ukrainian control, though it claimed Kyiv's forces had suffered severe losses in the fighting.Pushing back about concerns over counteroffensive:
Ukraine’s current counteroffensive against Russia’s occupying forces has been underway for three months, and there have been growing concerns that it is failing to achieve expected results.coordinator for strategic communications at the White House National Security Council, addressed those concerns Friday, saying Ukrainian forces had made “notable progress” in the previous three days, achieving “some success against second line of Russian defenses.
In an interview with CNN's Christiane Amanpour in Kyiv Friday, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba also said Ukraine isThe foreign minister added that those criticizing the speed of Ukraine’s counteroffensive should consider the soldiers fighting at the heart of it. “You just lost two of your buddies. You were almost killed. You crawled one kilometer on your belly demining the field. You sacrificed yourself — you took the damn Russian trench in a fierce fight. And then you read someone saying, ‘Oh guys, you're too slow?'” he said.
“Our partners who are helping us, including the United States, they understand that things are moving in the right direction," he added.
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