Rapid counter -offensive. The Armed Forces released from the invaders about 8 thousand square kilometers of Ukrainian territory - Zelensky

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the evening address on Tuesday, September 13, said that the defenders of Ukraine had released about 8,000 square kilometers from the Russian invaders. The head of state specified that the stabilization measures have now been completed in territories of more than 4 thousand square meters. kilometers, approximately in the same territory, stabilization continues.

Video of the day "The remains of invaders, sabotage groups are revealed, collaborators are delayed, complete safety is returned. Border guards are instructed to provide the state border in the liberated territory. Once again, I thank all our fighters who provided such a large -scale and quick defeat of the invaders in the Kharkiv region! ” Zelensky said.

The President also said that in Balakliya and Gravova Kharkiv region, pensions were already paid in five months - for a period when Ukraine could not make payments due to the occupation of the territories by the Russian occupation. The Armed Forces continue to be released from the Russian invaders settlements in the east and south of Ukraine. The chairman of the Kharkiv Ova Oleg Synigubov reported that in some sections of the region Ukrainian defenders had already reached the state border.

On September 13, Deputy Minister of Defense Anna Malyar said that since September 6, the defenders of Ukraine had released 3,800 square kilometers in Kharkiv region - more than 300 settlements and about 150,000 Ukrainians. She said that the real number of settlements liberated settlements is almost twice as high.