Ukraine has retaken 745 sq km in ‘precision’ operation this year, Zelenskiy says

Ukrainian forces have liberated 745 square km (288 square miles) of Russian-occupied land this year across a swathe of the southeastern front, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday, hailing an operation he said went “exactly as planned”.

Ukraine’s military has sought to heap pressure on Moscow’s war effort in recent months, counterattacking on parts of the 1,200-km front and striking logistics and energy infrastructure....