Ukraine claims that the army has successfully defended Kharkov and has reached the border with Russia

The Ukrainian Ministry of Defense posted on Facebook a post that the 227th Battalion, 127th Brigade of the Territorial Defense Forces of Ukraine had arrived at the border with Russia, along with the caption: “Together to victory!”

On May 15, the ministry also published a video on Facebook showing about 12 Ukrainian fighters at a border post with the colors of the country’s flag.

The governor of the Kharkov region, Oleh Sinegubov, wrote on the Telegram messaging app that the army had restored the border post.

Specifically, Mr. Sinegubov said: “We thank all those who risked their lives to liberate Ukraine from Russia.”

Reuters could not immediately verify the authenticity of the claim and it is not clear how many troops had reached the border.

If confirmed, this information indicates that the Ukrainian counter-offensive is increasingly successful and that Russian forces in the northeast are being pushed back. Previously, many Western military agencies believed that Moscow’s campaign in the Donbass region had stalled.

Ukraine has scored a series of successes since Russia launched a special military operation on February 24, which successfully prevented Moscow commanders from advancing quickly into the capital Kiev.

Moscow says Russia’s “special military operation” in Ukraine is aimed at disarming the country and eliminating extremist nationalists, an assertion Kiev and its Western allies say are “baseless”. ‘.