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03-11-2024, 12:33 PM
Ukraine 'holding back' powerful Russian offensive, Kyiv top commander says. Nov 3 (Reuters) - Ukrainian forces are restraining one of Russia's most powerful offensives since the start of Moscow's full-scale invasion on its smaller neighbour, the top commander of Kyiv's forces said on Saturday.
Russian troops advanced in September at their fastest rate since March 2022, the month after President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion, according to open-source data. Ukraine in August took part of Russia's Kursk region.
General Oleksandr Syrskyi wrote on the Telegram messaging app. After failing to capture the capital Kyiv early in the war and win a decisive victory, Putin scaled back his war ambitions to taking the Donbas industrial heartland in Ukraine's east, which covers the Luhansk and Donetsk regions.
Donbas has since become the war's main theatre, where some of biggest battles in Europe for generations have taken place and thousands of troops on each side have died.
On Sat, Moscow said it taken 2 more settlements along Donbas frontline, week of Oct. 20-27 alone, Russia captured nearly 200 square km (80 square miles) of Ukrainian territory, according to the Russian media group.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukr...024-11-03/
Russian troops advanced in September at their fastest rate since March 2022, the month after President Vladimir Putin ordered the invasion, according to open-source data. Ukraine in August took part of Russia's Kursk region.
General Oleksandr Syrskyi wrote on the Telegram messaging app. After failing to capture the capital Kyiv early in the war and win a decisive victory, Putin scaled back his war ambitions to taking the Donbas industrial heartland in Ukraine's east, which covers the Luhansk and Donetsk regions.
Donbas has since become the war's main theatre, where some of biggest battles in Europe for generations have taken place and thousands of troops on each side have died.
On Sat, Moscow said it taken 2 more settlements along Donbas frontline, week of Oct. 20-27 alone, Russia captured nearly 200 square km (80 square miles) of Ukrainian territory, according to the Russian media group.
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/ukr...024-11-03/
