In one week in September, Ukrainian forces liberated 1,100 square miles in Northeastern Ukraine. This is more than Russia’s military managed to seize in months of costly attritional warfare in the Donbas region. Further withdrawals announced by Russia’s Defense Ministry may result in over 3,200 square miles falling back under Ukrainian control.
Lurking in the shadow of Ukraine’s heavily advertised counteroffensive in Kherson, the Kharkiv campaign took Russian forces by surprise. It became a textbook example of a fast-paced breakthrough and exploitation operation – the very sort of campaign Russian armored units mostly failed to achieve at the beginning of the war.
#Ukraine: Video from another part of this area shows at least two more MT-LB armoured vehicles and a T-72B tank left behind by Russian forces. https://t.co/F9MImfSOmn pic.twitter.com/pBxhnQjd2c
— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) September 13, 2022
