Ukraine liberates 300 square kilometers in south, Zelenskyy says
Photo: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, President of Ukraine (Getty Images)
Ukrainian defenders have managed to liberate 300 square kilometers of territory from Russian forces in the southern section of the front, stated President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an interview with AFP.
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The President noted that Ukrainian troops are advancing in the south.
"I won't go into too many details, but today I can congratulate our army first and foremost - all the defence forces - because as of today, 300 square kilometres have been liberated," he said.
However, Zelenskyy did not specify the exact period during which these achievements were made.
According to him, Ukraine is taking advantage of the Starlink terminal shutdown used by Russian forces. At the same time, Ukrainian defenders have also experienced interruptions.
"There are problems, there are challenges," Zelenskyy said, adding that the setbacks Russia has faced are "much more serious."
Fastest gains by the Ukrainian Armed Forces
Earlier, AFP reported that between February 11 and 15, 2026, Ukrainian defenders managed to liberate more than 200 square kilometres of territory from Russian forces.
The outlet noted that the breakthrough was the most successful in the past 2.5 years. The area regained during this short period was nearly equivalent to all of Russia’s territorial gains in December of last year.
Ukrainian officials neither confirmed nor denied this information.
On December 7, it became known that Ukrainian troops had liberated the village of Tykhe in the Dnipropetrovsk region from Russian forces.
