Russian troops are surrendering in large numbers after Ukraine recaptured around 6,000 square kilometres of territory from the invaders
In his nightly address, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said more than thousands of kilometres of land seized by Russia in Ukraine had been "liberated" in the last two weeks.
It was not yet clear if the Ukrainian blitz could signal a turning point in the war - although such a big and sudden switch in momentum has so far been rare. 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.The largest military defeat in Ukraine since the Kremlin pulled back from Kyiv, it left Moscow struggling for a response.
A Ukranian soldier standing atop an abandoned Russian tank near a village on the outskirts of Izyum, Kharkiv Region, eastern Ukraine.Rubbing salt into Russia's wounds, British intelligence said on Tuesday that one of Moscow's premier forces, the 1st Guards Tank Army, has been "severely degraded" during the invasion and that "Russia's conventional force designed to counter Nato is severely weakened".
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