Volodymyr Zelensky hailed his troops for taking back territory from Russian forces as the Ukrainian president welcomed US and European plans to hit Moscow with a fresh round of sanctions this week.
While limited in scope, the Ukrainian military has mounted a series of counter attacks in recent days, claiming to retake Makariv on the outskirts of the capital Kyiv, as well as pushing back occupying forces around the southern city of Kherson.
In his regular overnight address on Wednesday, Zelensky praised his forces who had “defeated” and dislodged Russian soldiers around Kherson while warning that Russia’s brutal shelling meant there was “nothing left” of Mariupol, a port city that has borne the brunt of the war.
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