Zelenskyy: Ukraine's defence forces have liberated 300 sq km in south

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said that Ukraine's defence forces have liberated 300 sq km along the line of contact in the south.

Source: Zelenskyy in an interview with AFP, as reported by France 24

Details: The demand in the negotiations to hand over Donbas to Russia emerged at a time when Ukrainian forces have been advancing along the line of contact in the south.

Quote: "I won't go into too many details, but today I can congratulate our army first and foremost – all the defence forces – because as of today, 300 [square] kilometres have been liberated."

Details: Zelenskyy did not specify the time period over which this advance had taken place.

He added that Ukraine has been able to take advantage of the fact that Russian forces lost access to Starlink.

The president acknowledged that Ukrainian troops had also experienced disruptions, but said the setbacks faced by the Russian side were "much more serious".

Background: Zelenskyy said the trilateral talks in Geneva on ending the war in Ukraine had produced no positive developments regarding territorial issues.

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