An aggressive counteroffensive drove Russian forces out of two key areas in the Kharkiv region, Ukrainian officials say:
September 12, 2022, 12:54 PMA police sapper sorts unexploded mine shells and weapons after return from the village of Udy, recently liberated by Ukrainian Armed Forces, in the town of Zolochiv, Kharkiv region, Ukraine, Sept. 12, 2022.Ukrainian troops made good on President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's call to take back lands claimed by Russian forces with an aggressive counteroffensive this weekend in the country's northeast region.And Ukrainian officials said they are not going to let up.
Ukrainian service members ride on tanks during a counteroffensive operation, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv region, Ukraine, in this handout picture released Sept. 12, 2022.START HERE: The first question that comes to mind is how is that possible? The Ukrainians have put out a sort of quite effective media. Blackouts may be the wrong word, but it's a kind of shutdown on any access to the front lines. They really haven't been letting journalists in. The amount of information we've been getting out is sort of slow and therefore we're sort of still trying to build a picture of exactly how they did this. But it's remarkable. I think it speaks of the confidence of the Ukrainians, [and] the morale of the Ukrainians.