President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky announced the release of more than 30 settlements in the Kharkov region due to the counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
He told about this in his traditional address to Ukrainians, Ukrainian News Agency reports.
According to him, in part of the villages of the region, measures are ongoing to check and secure the territories.
He added that the Ukrainian military is gradually taking control of new settlements. They return the flags of Ukraine and security to them.
As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on Friday, September 9, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced a counteroffensive in Kharkiv region.
Russian Aerospace Forces hit Ukrainian National Guard 5th Brigade headquarters, as well as deployment locations of Ukrainian Armed Forces and the Kraken nationalist battalion near Balakleya and Chuguyev with precision air-based weapons, Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov said Saturday, TASS reports.
"Russian Aerospace Forces hit Ukrainian National Guard 5th Brigade headquarters, as well as temporary accommodation locations of the 92nd Mechanized Brigade and the Kraken nationalist militia near Balakleya and Chuguyev, Kharkov Region," Konashenkov said.
According to the spokesman, Russian forces also eliminated the command post of the 54th Mechanized Brigade near Ray-Aleksandrovka, DPR.
"Up to 300 Ukrainian servicemen and up to 15 military vehicles were destroyed," he added.
Russian forces hit seven Ukrainian Armed Forces command posts in DPR and Nikolayev Region, as well as 48 enemy artillery units in 178 districts, Konashenkov said.
"In the past 24 hours, a total of 7 UAF command posts were hit near settlements of Rozovka, Ocheretino, Vodyanoye, Novomikhaylovka and Ugledar (DPR), near Snigiryovka and Novonikolayevka (Nikolayev Region), in addition to 48 artillery units, personnel and military vehicles in 178 districts," he said.
