Another village liberated in Kharkiv Oblast on eastern front
Ukrainians ejecting Russians from villages, Russians in turn shell liberated areas (Photo:REUTERS/Oleksandr Ratushniak)
Collaborators and representatives of the occupation "authorities" have fled from the Borova community in Kharkiv Oblast and the Ukrainian Armed Forces have taken control of the village of Pisky-Radkivski, the local administration reported on Telegram on Sept. 26.
"The struggle for the liberation of the left-bank part of the Borova community from the rascist (Russian fascist) occupiers continues,” the message reads.
“Fighting is underway. The Armed Forces are ousting the enemy, but the liberated territories are being hit by enemy shelling.”
While the village of Pisky-Radkivsky is already under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine; the Ukrainian military is still mopping up groups of Russian soldiers there, and conducting clearing and demining.
Many residential buildings and outbuildings in the village have been ruined – a kindergarten was completely destroyed. The school was damaged, its windows were blown out, there are holes from shells in the walls, and the roof was destroyed.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Sept. 23 that following the recent counter-offensive in Kharkiv Oblast the defenders of Ukraine had liberated about 9,000 square kilometers of territory and about 400 settlements from Russian troops.
Earlier, Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar announced that since Sept. 6 (in the space of one week), the defenders of Ukraine had liberated 388 settlements and about 8,500 square kilometers of territory in Kharkiv Oblast.
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