 Ukrainian troops have recaptured more than 700 square kilometres of territory in the south and in the eastern Kharkiv region, where they advanced up to 50 kilometres into Russian lines and were taken more than 20 villages. Ukrainian General, Brigadier General, Khvertsy Gromov, disclosed this at a briefing, his most detailed public assessment so far of Ukraine's counter-offensive. Kyiv has so far declined to disclose any or many details so as not to compromise the operation.