Ukraine’s army pierces Russian lines near Kharkiv
Meanwhile Vladimir Putin’s prison state grows ever harsher
“We have not lost anything and will not lose anything,” Vladimir Putin told an economic forum in Vladivostok on September 7th. Even as he spoke, his troops were falling back. On September 6th Ukraine announced a surprise offensive in north-eastern Kharkiv province, throwing Mr Putin’s creaking army into turmoil.
This article appeared in the Europe section of the print edition under the headline “A breakthrough”
Europe September 10th 2022
- Europe scrambles to protect citizens from sky-high energy prices
- Ireland’s dreams of exporting wind power are plausible
- Ukraine’s army pierces Russian lines near Kharkiv
- Meet the hard-right party likely to win Italy’s election
- The war has thrown Ukraine’s surrogacy industry into crisis
- Norway is profiting embarrassingly from war in Europe
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