00:00Ukraine says its forces are recapturing territory through several offensives,
00:04including one that used underground gas pipelines to outflank Russian positions.
00:09President Volodymyr Zelensky says the battlefield situation is now the strongest it has been in some time,
00:15but adds that more Western air defense systems could strengthen Ukraine's position further.
00:22To demonstrate his point, Zelensky cited Operation Veles near Kupiansk in the northeast,
00:28where Ukrainian troops turned Russia's use of underground pipelines into a tactical advantage.
00:34He also pointed to Operation Vivaldi further north,
00:38where Ukraine's 3rd Army Corps says it cleared Russian infiltration groups from 75 square kilometers
00:44and recaptured another 10 square kilometers.
00:47The operations come as Russia continues its drive to capture the Donbass,
00:51with Moscow claiming advances along the front line, while Ukraine's military disputing those claims.
