In the end, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy exclaimed: “We will be with gas, lights, water and food … and WITHOUT you!”
In recent days, Kyiv’s forces have captured territory at least twice the size of greater London, according to the British Defense Ministry.
Ukrainian teams were disarming land mines and other unexploded weapons in the recaptured areas and searching for any remaining Russian troops, officials said. The buoyant mood was also captured by a defiant President Volodymyr Zelenskyy late Sunday on social media. Ramzan Kadyrov, the Moscow-backed leader of the Russian region of Chechnya, publicly criticized the Russian Defense Ministry for what he called “mistakes” that made the Ukrainian blitz possible.“People who convinced President Putin that the operation will be fast and effective ... these people really set up all of us,” Boris Nadezhdin, a former parliament member, said on a talk show on NTV television.
Russian forces continued missile and shelling attacks on residential areas in Kharkiv, killing at least one civilian and setting multiple fires, local officials said.
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