Ukraine has made the significant process, but it’s going to be a long haul: Joe Biden

New Delhi: Ukraine has made “significant progress” in the military actions, but “it’s going to be a long haul,” US President Joe Biden said on Tuesday.

Speaking with journalists in the State of Delaware, he was asked whether Ukraine reached a turning point in the conflict. “The question is unanswerable. It’s hard to tell. It is clear that, Ukrainians have made significant progress. But I think it’s going to be a long haul,” the US leader was quoted as saying by the press pool of the White House.

However, Ukraine has recaptured more than 6,000 square kilometers (2,300 sq miles) of Russian-occupied territory, President Zelenskyy said Monday night.

“From the beginning of September until today, our soldiers have already liberated more than 6,000 square kilometers of the territory of Ukraine – in the east and the south. The movement of our troops continues,” President Zelenskyy said in his nightly address.

Ukraine’s forces have been able to recapture dozens of towns and villages in the northeast of the country over the last few days, including the strategically important towns of Izyum and Kupiansk.

Ukraine’s counterattacks in the northeast came after Russia redeployed troops away from the region to defend areas they occupied in the south after Ukraine heavily signaled it would launch a counteroffensive around Kherson.

(Vinayak)