Kharkiv 13 Sep : Russian troops have surrendered in masse in the of the of an aggressive Ukrainian counter-attack, which is continuing to advance, leading some to believe that the pivotal moment in the conflict has been reached, reports in the media stated.Kiev’s military intelligence reported that significant quantities of Russian soldiers put down their weapons, rather than fight troops moving towards the east of Kharkiv as “they recognize the despair of their circumstances”, Daily Mail reported.
Oleksiy Arestovich is a consultant to Ukrainian Oleksiy Arestovich, advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, claimed that the military has captured hundreds of Russian soldiers in the last few days that they are in the process of running out of space to accommodate them – with the military intelligence spokesperson Andrey Yusov saying that “significant” numbers of Russian officers are among them, Daily Mail reported.
In the meantime, Russian troops fighting a second counter-attack in the southern Kherson region were reported to be in the process of negotiating their own surrender after having exhausted of ammunition, though information from the frontline is scarce due to a blackout of information enforced by Kiev.
In a late-night address Zelensky declared that Ukraine’s army had seized the total of more than 2,300 square miles in the south and east at the start of September which is four times larger than the area of Greater London – as he demanded Western allies to provide additional weapons to aid in consolidating the gains.
Ukraine as well as the West must “strengthen cooperation to stop Russian terror”, he said, while urging air defence systems that defend the civilian population that Putin’s commandos have started targeting as’revenge for their losses on the battlefield by destroying power stations in Kharkiv.of Kharkiv on Monday.
Zelensky has described the strikes as “a indication of the desperateness of the people who invented the war”.
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