The counter-offensive of the Ukrainian troops, who have been trying to recapture territories from the hands of Russia for the past three weeks, continues successfully, the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, assured last Monday evening.

“Our fighters advanced in all directions today, it’s a happy day,” he said in his speech, after touring fronts and inspecting military units.

“I wish the children more days like this,” he added in the speech, taped inside the train.

He said there were “a lot of emotions” when he presented servicemen and was updated on the progress of the hostilities.

In particular, he visited units near the city of Bakhmut (east), which fell to the Russians after months of fighting in May, and Zaporizhia (south).

Yesterday the general staff in Kiev announced that another village in Zaporizhia had been recaptured.

“All our territory will be liberated — everything,” Mr. Zelensky insisted.

According to the Ukrainian military, 130 square kilometers of territory held by Russian forces after the counteroffensive began have been recaptured.

However, the Russian army continues to hold in its hands vast areas of the vast country, which has an area of ​​some 604,000 square kilometers.