The Kremlin made its first public response following Ukraine's success on the battlefield in recent days.
Destroyed armored vehicles litter the road in Balakliya, in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, on Saturday. Ukrainian forces said recaptured key towns and villages in the country's northeast.Destroyed armored vehicles litter the road in Balakliya, in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, on Saturday. Ukrainian forces said recaptured key towns and villages in the country's northeast.
"The 'special military operation' continues and will continue until we've achieved all objectives laid out at the beginning," said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, using the government's descriptionPeskov's comments came after he was asked by a reporter whether the Russian leadership still had faith in its top brass given the recent Ukrainian gains on the battlefield.
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