Ukrainian soldiers outnumbered Russians troops 8 to 1 in Kherson counter-attack

In a major blow to Russia, a top Moscow official acknowledged that Ukrainian forces outnumbered Russians by eight to one in last week's counter-attack in Kharkiv region, BBC reported. According to reports, critical remarks came from  Vitaly Ganchev, a Russian-installed official in Ukraine's Kharkiv region, while speaking to state-owned Rossiya-24 television channel. He mitted that Ukrainian forces have been performing well in battleground and said y have captured several regions in north-- once captured by Russia in March. He said more than 5,000 civilians were also evacuated to Moscow. " situation is becoming more difficult by hour," Ganchev said. 

same h been confirmed by Russian Defence Ministry on Sunday where it published a map exhibiting how ir forces have abandoned most of Kharkiv region. However, in Kherson region, ministry claimed re were no threats from Ukrainian Army. "In Kherson, re is no panic," ministry claimed in a Telegram posted on Sunday.
Moreover, a US-based institute for study of war, claimed Ukrainian forces were also making progress in Kherson region. report said Zelenskyy forces were now closer to Kherson city.  

Putin's closest ally criticises Russian forces 

As war in Ukraine marked 200 days on Sunday and Ukrainian troops reclaimed several key regions of country, a top Kremlin leer criticised Russian army and its leership saying he would speak to President Vlimir Putin about recent debacle. In a Telegram post, Ramzan Kyrov, Kremlin-appointed leer of Chechnya, questioned Russian army over recent vances claimed by Ukrainian forces. According to Kyrov, Putin might not be aware of real state of affairs.  "y have me mistakes and I think y will draw necessary conclusions," Kyrov said in an audio message posted to his Telegram channel.

Notably, critical remark from top Putin ally came as Ukrainian forces claimed y have regained sourn region of Kherson, which was captured by Russian forces in opening days of Moscow-Kyiv war. On Saturday, Ukraine claimed it launched anor, highly effective offence in norast, near Kharkiv, resulting in Russian forces fleeing region leaving arms and ammunition in battleground. Notably, since onset of invasion, Russia, on several instances, bolstered claims and said y planned to keep captured areas “forever”. However, on Saturday, Ukraine launched a highly effective offence in norast, near Kharkiv and regained several regions. 

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