Ukraine’s armed forces have advanced up to about 55km over the last two weeks in their counteroffensive in the Kharkiv region of northeastern Ukraine, a general said on Thursday.
Brigadier General Oleksiy Gromov told a briefing that Ukraine had taken back 93 settlements and liberated over 2,400 square km (926 square miles) in the region since 21 September.
Sky News could not verify these claims.
Ukrainian forces have been advancing in the east and south of the country under a counteroffensive that has seen the country take back key cities like Lyman in eastern Ukraine.
Mr Gromov said Russian troops were fighting to slow a Ukrainian advance outof Kupiansk, a recently liberated railway hub town.
This map shows the areas controlled by each side in the east according to the latest Sky News analysis.
