Posted on 09/07/2022 2:19:07 PM PDT by Timber Rattler
Ukraine's President Zelensky said he has "good news", claiming the recapture of several settlements from Russia.
Rumours have swirled for days about a possible breakthrough in the eastern Kharkiv region, but with no word from Ukrainian officials.
Mr Zelensky declined to name which places had been retaken, saying that "now is not the time to name" them.
Separately, US officials said Ukraine was making "slow but meaningful progress" against Russian forces.
Speaking in his nightly video address to Ukrainians, President Zelensky said there was "good news" about the rumoured success of Ukrainian troops.
"I think every citizen feels proud of our soldiers," he said, naming specific military units and applauding their bravery in combat.
But he said: "Now is not the time to name the settlements to which the Ukrainian flag returns."
Ukraine has tightened its operational security in recent weeks, sharing few details about a widely expected counter-offensive in the east and south.
Ukrainian soldiers have launched an offensive south-east of Kharkiv, towards the eastern region of Donetsk, over which Russia has maintained substantial military control since the war began six months ago.
Some reports suggest Ukrainian forces may be a few dozen kilometres from the city of Izyum, an important link in Russia's military supply chain.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
Mr Zelensky declined to name which places had been retaken, saying that “now is not the time to name” them.
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That’s reassuring.
THIS
Yeah, and I just had a night of wild, kinky sex with two well-known supermodels.
Now is not the time to name them.
And I expect it to continue as the days progress.
If I have to hate Zelensky and Ukraine, I guess I’m not a freeper.
Not good news for Ukraine. Evidently their forces have been severely mauled by the Russians in the Kherson offensive.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/09/07/ukraine-kherson-offensive-casualties-ammunition/
It’s ok to have disdain for a President who has made horrible deadly decisions for his country and it’s people. Zelensky has done just that.....and the nation leaders propping him up.
Wow! How the war has changed.
The live update map used to just be red markers of Russian artillery strikes all along the front lines.
Now there is so much blue, and so little of the Russian artillery.
That’s better shows the recent progress.
But it doesn’t give Ukraine credit for all the territory they pushed Russia out of prior to the current counteroffensives.
Lot of territory near Kiev and North of Kherson was recapturd early on.
Levi@Levi_godman ยท 17h
Putin: the decline in the Russian economy this year will be insignificant - about 2%, the budget will be in surplus - about half a trillion rubles
12.000 sanctions working
Yesterday was the deadliest single day of the war for Russia.
I think Putin was eyeing Ukrainian resources and the whole NATO story is just another Russian excuse, just like the alleged “Genocide” excuse which nobody believed.
The war could have been avoided if Ukraine was admitted into NATO quickly without a lot of fanfare. But that would have needed to occur prior to 2014. Because once Russia stole Crimea, NATO didn’t want to formally take that on. And NATO’s reluctance to take it on, means Ukraine joining NATO was never a real threat. Nobody thought Ukraine was going to be admitted to NATO.
But now that Russia has overplayed their hand, once they are fully pushed out of Ukraine. You can bank on Ukraine joining NATO.
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