Officials say Ukraine has regained almost full control of the Dnipropetrovsk region.

Ukraine says it has regained almost complete control of its eastern Dnipropetrovsk region and recaptured several hundred square kilometers of territory in recent counterattacks.

Pushing Russian forces back undermines Moscow’s attempts to establish buffer zones along parts of the border, and could disrupt Russian plans for fresh attacks in the spring and summer.

Details of the operation emerged Tuesday when Oleksandr Komarenko, head of the main operational directorate of the general staff of Ukraine’s armed forces, told local media that Ukrainian airborne assault troops and mechanized brigades had already liberated more than 400 square kilometers of territory.

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      22 hours ago

      “I need ammo, not a ride” - I hope history books repeat this phrase for the next ten thousand years. What fucking balls this guy has.

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      Unfortunately, as much as it sucks to say, there’s no way he won’t be haunted by the war for the rest of his life. I hope he will be able to relax one day, but…

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        No way that’s possible. He’s a high profile military leader and will be a prominent target even after the war. He’ll need constant security and planning in his private life for at least years

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        I’d love to see him do more standup one day. I say this as a citizen of a nation whose president went from writing theatre pieces to being persecuted and imprisoned to being a president and back to writing theatre pieces.