Ukraine has liberated 300 sq km in southern counteroffensive: Zelensky to AFP

KYIV: President Volodymyr Zelensky told AFP on Friday that his army has recently liberated swathes of territory in southern Ukraine, even as Washington and Moscow pressure Kyiv to cede other regions to end the war. Zelensky, speaking just days before the gruelling war's fourth anniversary, said the United States and Russia are still insisting that Kyiv give up its embattled Donbas region, a scenario that Ukraine has repeatedly ruled out.

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