Ukrainian Forces Secure Key Areas in Kharkiv

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced that Ukrainian forces have secured 'combat control' over regions in northern Kharkiv where Russian troops recently staged an incursion. This strategic progress was confirmed during Zelenskiy's nightly address following a meeting with military and regional officials in Kharkiv.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday that Ukrainian forces had secured "combat control" of areas where Russian troops staged an incursion this month in northern parts of Kharkiv region.

"Our soldiers have now managed to take combat control of the border area where the Russian occupiers entered," Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address after holding a meeting of military and regional officials in Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest city.