“Annexation is meaningless” Zelenskyy reports release of places in Kherson
10/03/2022 08:59
In his late-night speech, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy declares that Russian annexations are ineffective once the areas are liberated. This is the specific case of Kherson, where, according to him, other cities are being recaptured. Russian sources see the line of defense in jeopardy.
In light of his army’s recent successes in recapturing previously occupied territories, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the annexations by Russia meaningless. “As soon as the Ukrainian flag returned, no one remembers the Russian farce with any documents and annexations,” Zelenskyy said in his daily video speech on Monday night.
Specifically, this affects about two cities in the Kherson region in the south of the country. According to Zelenskyy, the villages of Arkhanhelske and Myrolyubiwka were recaptured. There is even talk of the liberation of other villages in the region on social media. According to unconfirmed reports, Russian troops reportedly withdrew to the town of Dudtschany. According to Austrian Armed Forces Colonel Markus Reisner, numerous Russian sources even speak of the collapse of the Russian defense line.
A few hours earlier, he had said that after the Russians had withdrawn, Ukrainian troops had regained full control of the strategically important small town of Lyman in eastern Donetsk. About seven months after the start of the war, Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin annexed the Ukrainian regions of Luhansk, Zaporizhia and Kherson, as well as Donetsk, last Friday. The incorporation of regions, parts of which Russia has not yet conquered, in violation of international law, is not internationally recognized.
According to a report in the Bild newspaper, there was great destruction in the liberated Lyman after the Russians left. Several dead Russian soldiers are still lying on the city’s streets, the paper writes, citing a local reporter.