Zelenskyy says airborne forces returned more than 800 square kilometers this year
Briefing by News4U · First published
Today Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on X that Ukraine’s Airborne Assault Forces carried out a successful offensive this year in the Oleksandrivskyi sector that has already returned more than 800 square kilometers of land to Ukraine, and that today he honored the paratroopers with Ukraine’s state awards. Zelenskyy said that after Russia’s full-scale aggression the forces became a pillar of Ukraine’s defense and of what he called returning the war to Russia. He thanked them for the Kharkiv offensive and for liberating right-bank Kherson, and said the 2024 Kursk operation involving the Airborne Assault Forces first brought ground combat onto Russian territory. He also presented military units with a battle flag and an honorary ribbon. [1]