A group of Ukrainian soldiers recorded themselves erecting a checkpoint marking near Kharkiv on the Russian border.
They demonstrated the distance they’ve been able to push the Russians back.
They drag the post to a ditch and film a video for President Zelenskyy.
Satellite photography from the Russian border near Kharkiv shows wooded areas that match the locations of the troops at the beginning of the film.
This is “a big psychological boost for Ukraine”, says defense expert Professor Michael Clarke, but “this is only one part of a very long common border”.
“The Russians withdrew in good order to leave this space free as they are redeploying more troops into the Donbas from the Kharkiv region.”
