But there had been no confirmation from Ukrainian officials and it was not possible to verify the reports. He added that "now is not the right time” to name the settlements that have been recaptured, but he thanked the military units “for their bravery and heroism during combat missions” in restoring the Ukrainian flag.īreakthroughs by Ukrainian forces in the Kharkiv region had been reported in recent days, with videos and photos of Ukrainian soldiers at recaptured villages around the town of Balaklia in the Kharkiv region circulating on social media. "This week we have good news from Kharkiv region," Zelenskiy said in his nightly address on September 7, noting that Ukrainians probably had already seen reports about the activity of the Ukrainian soldiers. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy says Ukrainian troops have recaptured several settlements in the Kharkiv region in the country's northeast. The screenshot had a caption reading "Yevgeny Roizman versus impudent liars." With reporting by Reuters
He was also fined 85,000 rubles ($1,417) for contempt for authorities after reposting a screenshot on Instagram of a tweet under a statement by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov about Ukraine. Since Russia’s February 24 invasion, Roizman has been outspoken in his criticism of the war, and has been fined three times on misdemeanor charges of "discrediting" the Russian Army.
Since leaving office, he gained a popular following for his campaigns to raise money for ill children, and he is known for his regular jogs around the city, which attract supporters and journalists alike. In all, 224 Russians have been prosecuted on anti-war charges.Ī charismatic and sometimes profane public figure, Roizman served from 2013 to 2018, when authorities ended direct elections for mayor in Yekaterinburg, a city of 1.5 million people in the Ural Mountains industrial belt. Shortly after the February 24 invasion, Russian lawmakers passed legislation criminalizing any criticism regarding the armed forces or the conduct of the Ukraine war, which the Kremlin calls a “special military operation.”Īccording to the watchdog group OVD-Info, more than 3,800 administrative, or misdemeanor, cases have been brought against people between March and August on the charge of “discrediting the armed forces. For all of RFE/RL's coverage of the war, click here. RFE/RL's Live Briefinggives you all of the latest developments on Russia's ongoing invasion, how Kyiv is fighting back, Western military aid, global reaction, and the plight of civilians.
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