Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy pledged Tuesday to reclaim areas of Ukraine currently occupied by Russian forces.
“Ukraine will reclaim its territory and its people,” Zelenskyy said in his nightly address. “We will not leave anyone to the occupiers. We are using every means to ensure that this war ends with the defeat of the occupiers.”
He also said that despite doubts from many in the world, “Ukraine has shown that it can prevail, despite all the challenges, especially in the Black Sea region.”
Early Tuesday, Russia’s defense ministry said it destroyed three Ukrainian boats in the northern part of the Black Sea.
Russia also said it conducted an “anti-sabotage” operation near the Sevastopol port, which is home to its Black Sea fleet.
Ukraine said Tuesday that Russian attacks in two parts of the country wounded at least eight people.
In the Kherson region in southern Ukraine, Russian airstrikes and artillery fire wounded four people and damaged several houses, Interior Minister Igor Klymenko said on social media.
Klymenko also said a Russian attack in the Kharkiv region in northeastern Ukraine injured four people.
Ukraine’s air force said its defenses downed six drones that Russian launched from Crimea.
Some information for this report came from Agence France-Presse and Reuters