Zelensky Praises Troops On Visit To Liberated City

President Volodymyr Zelensky yesterday toured towns newly recaptured from Russian invaders, while Vladimir Putin’s army floundered.

- Mark Reynolds

The Ukrainian leader visited the Kharkiv area as civilians revealed the torture they had suffered. Mr Zelensky emphasised his troops’ growing success, with Russia retreating in the north-east of his country.

Even as the Ukraine flag was once again raised in front of the burnedout city hall in Izium, Mr Zelensky remained sombre amid the ruins.

He said: “The view is very shocking but it is not shocking for me. Because we began to see the same pictures from Bucha, from the first de-occupied territories...so the same destroyed buildings, killed people.”