Blitzkrig in Kharkiv and fighting for Kherson region. What do you need to know about the counter -offensive of the Armed Forces

From the end of August to early September, the Ukrainian Armed Forces performed a number of successful operations that allowed Ukraine to return to the national flag of hundreds of settlements. The battle map in the Kharkiv region shows the almost complete liberation of the region from the Russian invaders. Focus analyzed the battle map in Kharkiv and Kherson region - Ukrainian military successful in offensive operations.

Since the beginning of September, a number of fast strikes have been struck by the Armed Forces on the positions of Russian troops in Kharkiv region. The attack was carried out in complete information silence. For the first time, the breakthrough of the Ukrainian army became known through Russian telegram channels, in which one by one panic reports of attacks of the Armed Forces on Balakliya appeared.

In a few days, a map of battles in the Kharkiv region shifted from the borders of Izum-Balakliya and on the Pechenezh reservoir up to the border from the Russian Federation. Now the front line passes the Oskol River and in some places even east of Luhansk region. Deputy Minister of Defense of Ukraine Anna Malyar reported that more than 300 settlements have been released since September 6 in Kharkiv region. About 150,000 people managed to be released from the occupation.

This list contains not only settlements and villages, but also the cities of Balakliya, Izium and Kupyansk. After two settlements, they played an important role in the Russian group in providing troops. Raisins threatened for Ukraine the further promotion of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation to Slavyansk and in the whole Donetsk region. The map of the battles of Kharkiv region makes it clear that the troops were supplied in the area of ​​raisins through the railway knot in Kupyansk.

Now this territory is free from the invaders. In the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, the failure in the Izium region "regrouping troops", which was allegedly planned in advance and for the withdrawal of troops they made distracting maneuvers for three days. Russian troops were withdrawn not only from Izum, Kupyansk and Balakliya, where they were knocked out of the Armed Forces, but also from the north of the region as well.

However, the missile and artillery threat to Kharkiv remains. The city is too close to the border from the Russian Federation. Now in most of the liberated settlements will be cleaned for the search for Russian military and collaborators. The battle map in Kharkiv region is approaching the Luhansk region. And the mayor of Izium predicts that residents can return to the city in 10 days. The counter -offensive takes place in other areas, in particular, Vitaliy Marchenko fighter in Svyatogorsk.

The Armed Forces are fighting for Liman's liberation. The Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov states that the Armed Forces are successful in a counter -offensive in the Kherson region. However, the region has its own peculiarities why promotion is not as fast as in the Kharkiv region. Kherson's offensive is slower through irrigation channels that the enemy can use as defensive trenches.

In addition, 1200 Kadyrov fighters arrived in the Kherson region, which do not allow the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. At the same time, the morale of Ukrainian fighters is high is a sure sign that the Russian Federation can be defeated.

According to the General Staff and OK "South", the Ukrainian military during the offensive on Kherson were able to release: the speaker of the Joint Coordination Press Center of Defense forces of Southern Ukraine Natalia Humeniuk reported that the Armed Forces had advanced forward in sections from 4 to several tens of kilometers. The liberated areas are about 500 square kilometers. However, some of them are not voiced for the safety of the Ukrainian soldiers who fight or cleanse.