Abandoned Russian armored vehicles, anti-personnel mines and unexploded rockets… BFMTV was able to travel to the north of Kharkiv, a few kilometers from the Russian-Ukrainian border. In this region, Volodymyr Zelensky’s army has made progress since the start of the counteroffensive launched in early September.
“Almost the entire Kharkiv region is liberated”, with the capture of “400 towns” from Russian troops, which means the return to “a normal and safe life” for “the 150,000 Ukrainians who remained in this territory”, he assured. the president in a video posted tonight.
“The Russians left us poisoned gifts”
About ten kilometers from the border, on the way to one of the last Ukrainian villages, soldiers block the road.
“Right now we are carrying out demining operations… the Russians left us very poisoned gifts,” laments a military man on condition of anonymity.
On the microphone of BFMTV, he explains that demining operations are very important, “because it is necessary for our lives to return to normality, as before… and that no one is in more danger.”
If Kyiv has taken advantage in recent days, Russia could try to recapture the territories lost since September. Further south, in the Donetsk region, Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko reported shelling “along the entire front line.” The one from the neighboring Lugansk region, Serguiï Gaïdaï, announced that Russian forces had regained control of the town of Kreminna.
Source: BFM TV
