Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said that Ukraine’s counteroffensive against Russian forces made major, rapid advances, liberating territory in the south and east of the country
If Crimea is added, which Russia annexed in 2014, Moscow is laying claim to 22% of Ukraine, though it has yet to spell out where all of the borders will be located and its own troops have been forced to retreat on two fronts.The Russian leader's signature was the final stage in the legal process to annex Donetsk and Luhansk in eastern Ukraine and Zaporizhzhia and Kherson in the south.
With even Russian state TV hosts showing signs of despondency at the battlefield losses, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov dismissed the idea that they undermined the annexation plan.A map published by the state RIA news agency suggested Russia wants big chunks of Ukraine under the control of the Ukrainian army which has been rapidly advancing in the east, and which this week made a breakthrough in the south too.
The Ukrainian air force said 12 drones had attacked from the south overnight, six of which had been shot down.Russian forces who have been forced to retreat in recent days have dug in at new positions where they hope to halt the Ukrainian advance, Russian-installed officials said. "In some areas of the front line it was possible to extend the area we hold from between 10 to 20 km," the southern Operational Command of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said on Wednesday.
In the past 24 hours, Russia had lost 31 servicemen, more than 40 pieces of equipment, including eight tanks, 26 armoured vehicles, and a large calibre howitzer, it said.
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