In a lightning offensive over the last few days, Ukrainian forces have recaptured the majority of Russian-occupied territory in the Kharkiv region.
‘Now Russia fears us’: buildup to Ukraine's southern counteroffensive ► https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=we5l3OV00eU

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Videos have since been emerging on social media of locals celebrating in several locations. On Sunday, the district mayor of Derhachi, north of the city of Kharkiv, released footage of himself ripping a Russian flag in two after liberating the village of Kozacha Lopan, which had been occupied by invading forces for six months. The Derhachi district includes several satellite towns of Kharkiv city and stretches up to the Russian border.

Ukraine’s gains over the weekend have inflicted an extraordinary defeat on Moscow, prompting the Russian army to pull back thousands of troops after suffering a series of battlefield defeats.

But Russian strikes have now knocked out power and water to much of the Kharkiv region, plunging its cities into darkness and cutting power in hospitals in what Ukraine described as an act of “revenge” by Russia for its recent battlefield successes.

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