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Ukraine liberated 745 square kilometers in Oleksandrivka sector since January, Zelensky says
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The Kyiv Independent
Ukraine has liberated 745 square kilometers in the Oleksandrivka sector and killed nearly 10,000 Russian soldiers since January, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Aug. 12.
Ukraine launched a counteroffensive in late January in the Oleksandrivka sector, in the southeast, where Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Donetsk oblasts converge.
"During the operation, we managed to liberate a territory of 745 square kilometers.
Twenty-six villages in the Dnipro, Donetsk and Zaporizhia regions were returned to the control of Ukraine," Zelensky said in a post on social media.
In March, Ukraine reported liberating 470 square kilometers (180 square miles) of territory in the same counteroffensive.