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17-03-2022, 11:14 AM
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ukraine-mou...1647428858
The counteroffensive by Ukrainian armed forces “radically changes the parties’ disposition,” tweeted Mykhailo Podolyak, a Ukrainian presidential adviser who is negotiating a possible cease-fire with Russia. Late Wednesday, Mr. Zelensky’s office said that Ukrainian forces freed the mayor of the southern city of Melitopol who was kidnapped from his office earlier this month by Russian troops who had put a plastic bag over his head.
The Ukrainian push elsewhere in the south reversed some early Russian gains of the invasion, officials said. Ukrainian troops pushed Russian forces far from the regional capital of Mykolaiv, which they had been threatening, according to the regional governor, Vitaly Kim. In a Telegram channel, Mr. Kim said that Mykolaiv “will be a rear city.” Ukrainian media footage of the aftermath of the strike on the Russian-held airport near Kherson showed rows of burning Russian military trucks and an airfield strewn with debris.
The counteroffensive by Ukrainian armed forces “radically changes the parties’ disposition,” tweeted Mykhailo Podolyak, a Ukrainian presidential adviser who is negotiating a possible cease-fire with Russia. Late Wednesday, Mr. Zelensky’s office said that Ukrainian forces freed the mayor of the southern city of Melitopol who was kidnapped from his office earlier this month by Russian troops who had put a plastic bag over his head.
The Ukrainian push elsewhere in the south reversed some early Russian gains of the invasion, officials said. Ukrainian troops pushed Russian forces far from the regional capital of Mykolaiv, which they had been threatening, according to the regional governor, Vitaly Kim. In a Telegram channel, Mr. Kim said that Mykolaiv “will be a rear city.” Ukrainian media footage of the aftermath of the strike on the Russian-held airport near Kherson showed rows of burning Russian military trucks and an airfield strewn with debris.
