How successful have been the recent Ukrainian military gains and do they represent a turning point in the war? Our Chief Correspondent davidgrossman examines the retaking of Kharkiv and where the conflict goes next 👇🎥
It is hard to see how a vote can take place when Ukraine still controls much of the Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia regions
Now Russian-backed officials in the east and south say they want votes on joining Russia starting this week.Russian President Vladimir Putin had been expected to give an address to the nation on Tuesday evening but sources close to the Kremlin indicated later that it had been postponed, with no reason given.
Annexing more Ukrainian territory would enable the Kremlin to claim Russia itself was coming under attack from Nato weapons. Russia launched its invasion on 24 February. Soon afterwards the two breakaway Russian-backed authorities in Donetsk and Luhansk said they would stage votes on 23-27 September. They were both recognised as independent by President Putin three days before Russian troops invaded Ukraine from the north, east and south.
While most of Luhansk has been in Russian hands since July, on Monday the Ukrainian leader in Luhansk announced that the army had recaptured the village of Bilohorivka.
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