

US president Joe Biden told the Ukrainian president that Washington will provide Kyiv with $625m (£544m) in new security assistance, including High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (Himars) launchers. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced that dozens of regions in Ukraine have been liberated from Russian occupation, appearing to confirm information from Russia’s maps that show Russia withdrawing from eastern and western Ukraine. And it’s only a matter of time before we expel the occupier from all of our land.”

Zelenskiy noted that the list of released territories is not complete, vowing to continue fighting against Russian forces: “And this is far from a complete list. He added: “This in Kherson region, Kharkiv region, Luhansk region and Donetsk region … In particular, according to the military reports from the Kherson region: the settlements of Lyubimivka, Khreshchenivka, Zolota Balka, Bilyaivka, Ukrainka, Velyka and Mala Oleksandrivka, and Davidiv Brid were liberated from the occupier and stabilised.” The president also announced that dozens of regions have been reportedly released from Russian occupation: “Dozens of settlements have already been exempted from the Russian pseudo-referendum this week alone,” he said. First: the Ukrainian army is making quite fast and powerful progress in the south of our country as part of the current defence operation,” said Zelenskiy.

“Today we have good news from the front line. Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, announced that dozens of regions in Ukraine have been liberated from Russian occupation, seemingly confirming information from Russia’s maps that show Russia withdrawing from eastern and western Ukraine.ĭuring an address today, Zelenskiy said the country’s armed forces were making progress against Russia in the southern part of the country. 21.07 BST Zelenskiy announces military progress and reportedly liberated regions in Ukraine
