Ukrainian forces kept pushing north in the Kharkiv region and advancing to its south and east, Ukraine's army chief said on Sunday, a day after their rapid surge forward drove Russia to abandon its main bastion in the area.
Railway hub capture cuts supplies to Russian unitsPresident Volodymyr Zelensky hailed the offensive as a potential breakthrough in the six-month war, and said the winter could see further territorial gains if Kyiv received more powerful weapons.
“In the Kharkiv direction, we began to advance not only to the south and east, but also to the north. There are 50km to go to the state border [with Russia],” he said on Telegram. Moscow’s almost total silence on the defeat – or any explanation for what had taken place in northeastern Ukraine – provoked significant anger among some pro-war commentators and Russian nationalists on social media. Some called on Sunday for President Vladimir Putin to make immediate changes to ensure ultimate victory in the war.
But he said the offensive had gone far better than expected, describing it as a “snowball rolling down a hill”.Kyiv-based military analyst Oleh Zhdanov said the gains could bring a further push into Luhansk region, whose capture Russia claimed at the beginning of July.
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