A “pleasant surprise”, which “very excited” the Ukrainians. The course of counter-offensives and control of Ukraine over almost the entire Kharkiv region, along with the withdrawal of Russian troops, is returning a sense of hope for the civilian populationwho has been experiencing the war up close for more than six months.
“We are very excited about the current stage of the offensive in the Kharkiv region and the offensive in Luhansk,” admitted Volodymyr Dubovik, director, professor of international relations at the Odessa National University, in a commentary to the Observer. “Most citizens did not expect the withdrawal of the occupying Russian troops. Even the experts.
The counteroffensive in Kharkov “gives hope to the people of Ukraine, becomes a moment of pride and inspiration, says a university professor. And Olga Brusilovskaya, also a professor of international relations at the Odessa National University, shares this enthusiasm. He tells the observer that “Moscow can no longer stop the process of liberation” of the rest of Ukrainian territory: “It has never been so patriotic as it is now.”
“Russian invaders bombed the cities, but did not break the population. They will not intimidate with their missile strikes either,” Olga Brusilovskaya says, recalling that “millions of Ukrainians are still waiting” for the arrival of Ukrainian troops.
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