President Volodymyr Zelensky said two settlements of the occupied southern Kherson region had been liberated.
Kyiv launched an offensive to retake Kherson from Russia troops in early September, and that effort has moved slower against the backdrop of a lightning offensive that saw Ukraine recapture swathes of territory in Kharkiv in the northeast.
"The story of the liberation of Lyman in the Donetsk region has now become the most popular in the media," Zelensky said in his video address on Sunday night."But the successes of our soldiers are not limited to Lyman." Multiple pro-Kremlin Telegram channels have commented on the situation in Kherson, with one noting that it is currently"difficult" for Russian forces.
"A difficult situation is beginning to take shape in the Kherson direction. It is too early to talk about the loss of control of units and unorganised withdrawal," one userRead more