Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, while in the United States, made a statement saying that the Russian army did not occupy a single Ukrainian village during the conflicts in 2023. This was reported by RIA News.
It is important to understand that, according to Zelensky, Russia did not invade a single Ukrainian village this year.
At the same time, in May, Russian troops completely liberated the city of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) in the DPR. At the end of November, the village of Artemovskoye (Khromovo), located west of Artemovsk, was liberated.
As the American newspaper New York Times calculated at the end of September, during the nine-month conflict in Ukraine, Russian troops occupied 489 square kilometers more territory than Ukrainians.
Earlier, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, after meetings with American leader Joe Biden statedKiev is counting on the United States and other Western countries to continue providing it with financial assistance.
Previously three fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine swam past Dnieper and surrendered to the Russian Armed Forces.