On September 6, the Ukrainian military launched a counteroffensive in the Kharkiv region. The defenders of Ukraine broke through the defenses of the Russian occupation troops and advanced kilometers inland.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that since the beginning of September, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have been able to liberate more than a thousand square kilometers and have taken control of more than 30 settlements..

According to analysts from the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW), about 2,500 square kilometers in the Kharkiv region have been liberated from occupation.. The offensive of the Ukrainian troops in this direction is headed by the commander of the Ground Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel-General Alexander Syrsky.

The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine officially confirmed the liberation of the city of Balakliya: “The city of Balakliya, Kharkiv region, was liberated by the Ukrainian military! The Ukrainian flag is raised in the center of the city"

The head of the Kharkiv OVA Oleg Sinegubov thanked the military for their work.

And the Office of the Prosecutor General confirmed the release of the Armed Forces of Ukraine of the village of Grakovo in the Chuguevsky district. Now law enforcement officers are working there, fixing the war crimes of the occupiers.

Deputy of the Dergachev city council Oleksiy Stepanenko and adviser to the head of the Kharkiv regional council Natalya Popova announced the liberation of Kupyansk and published a photo of the Ukrainian military against the backdrop of the city council.

And the information about the liberation of the village of Volokhov Yar was confirmed by the Eastern Operational-Territorial Association of NSU. A video of the raising of the flag of Ukraine was published on the official page of the association.

There is also information about the liberation of the settlements of Shevchenkovo, Chkalovskoye, Savintsy, Martovo and the city of Izyum in the Kharkiv region, Blagodatovka and Aleksandrovka in the Kherson region, as well as a number of other settlements. Russian media report about the retreat of the occupiers from near Volchansk in the Kharkiv region, but there is no official confirmation of the MOU yet.