Posted on 09/08/22
| News Source: FOX News
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy championed "good news" from Kharkiv after his forces made gains in the northern region this week.
Zelenskyy said in his overnight address, "This week we have good news from the Kharkiv region."
"I think every citizen feels proud of our warriors. It is a well-deserved pride," he added.
Zelenskyy would not go into detail on which villages Ukrainian forces have recaptured, but on Wednesday, social media posts surfaced suggesting the occupied town of Balakliya had been encircled and possibly retaken.
Former Russian military leader and a propagandist, Igor Girkin, alias Igor Strelkov, took to Telegram Wednesday to say the city in southern Kharkiv had been encircled by Ukrainian troops.
"The enemy yesterday launched an offensive that they had been preparing for a long time (judging by the transfer of reserves), inflicting the main blow in the area of the city of Balakliya," Grikin said according to reports.