"The seventh day of the Ukrainian national resistance! Yesterday, the enemy received a strong retaliatory blow on all fronts, so it was forced to regroup and mobilize additional reserves. The tactical initiative is gradually passing to Ukraine," Oleksiy Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, said on Facebook, Report informs.
"The main cities - Kyiv, Kharkiv, Mariupol, which are strategic targets of the Russian occupiers, are entirely under the control of the Ukrainian government. Despite the concentration of considerable resources for the siege and capture of Mykolaiv and Sumy, these cities successfully maintain the defensive line," Danilov said.