Yesterday, the Russian army confirmed it was delivering “intense strikes” against Ukrainian forces on all fronts, and the Kremlin accused Kyiv of torturing and mistreating civilians in areas Ukrainian forces have regained control of in recent days. In its daily report, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported that “Russian aviation, ballistic and artillery forces are inflicting massive strikes on units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in all areas of hostilities.” She noted bombings around Sloviansk, Konstantinovka and Bakhmut in eastern Ukraine, in Mykolaiv and Zaporozhye regions in the south, and in Kharkiv in the northeast, where Ukraine launched a vicious counterattack, forcing Russian forces to withdraw from much of the region. . Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov accused Ukrainian forces of using “torture” and “punitive measures” against residents of areas recaptured by Ukrainian forces in recent days. “According to our information, many punitive measures have been taken against the residents of the Kharkiv region, people are being tortured and ill-treated,” he said, adding: “It’s terrible.” Ukraine announced on Monday that it had recaptured some 6,000 square kilometers of territory on multiple fronts in a counterattack launched in early September. After Ukraine announced new military successes and confirmed that it had reached Russian borders and regained territory seven times the size of Kyiv in one month, the Russian army responded by bombing some of the re-occupied territories. The Ukrainian army first announced a counter-offensive in the south, and then launched a lightning offensive in the Kharkiv region (northeast) last week. In the east, the Ukrainian army reported that “the liberation of settlements from Russian occupiers in the Kharkiv and Donetsk regions continues.” He emphasized that he had won back 500 square kilometers in the Kherson region (south) within two weeks, according to the first estimates of the numbers of his advance in the south. “Since the beginning of September, our soldiers have liberated 6,000 square kilometers of land in eastern and southern Ukraine,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a video posted on social media, stressing that they “continue the offensive.” On Sunday, Kyiv did not talk about more than three thousand square kilometers “liberated”. Across the front, the Ukrainian army announced on Monday that it “managed to drive the enemy from more than twenty targets” within 24 hours. “Russian forces are quickly leaving their positions and fleeing,” he added. “Obviously, we are seeing significant progress on the part of the Ukrainians, especially in the northeast,” US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said at a press conference in Mexico, “but it is still too early to know exactly where this will lead.” “The Russians are deploying very large forces, equipment, weapons and ammunition in Ukraine and continue to use them indiscriminately not only against the Ukrainian armed forces, but also against the civilian population and civilian infrastructure,” he said. Also in the Kharkiv region, the prosecutor’s office of Ukraine announced on Monday the discovery of the bodies of four civilians with “traces of torture” in the village of Zalznichny, which the Ukrainian army recently recaptured from the Russians. “The preliminary investigation indicates that Russian servicemen killed the victims during the occupation of the village,” he added. Russian forces have repeatedly been accused of abuses in Ukraine. The American think tank Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said that “Ukraine has inflicted a major operational defeat on Russia, regaining control of almost the entire Kharkiv region, but the current counter-offensive will not end the war.” “The Ukrainian military has also regained control in the Luhansk region,” he added, where pro-Russian separatists, like in neighboring Donetsk, unilaterally proclaimed a “republic” in 2014. day “at the facilities” of the Ukrainian military and civilians. She spoke about the damage to many “basic infrastructures of peaceful Ukrainian cities,” including Kharkiv, Zaporozhye, Slavyansk and Kramatorsk. The Kremlin stressed that the Russian offensive, which began on February 24, will continue “until its goals are achieved,” noting that “there is no prospect of negotiations now” between Moscow and Kyiv. Denis Pushlin, one of the main pro-Russian separatist leaders in eastern Ukraine, on Monday acknowledged the “difficult” situation on the eastern front, but stressed that Russian forces were “steadfast”.