ANATOMY OF A ROUT: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky now claims his troops have retaken virtually all of the northern Kharkiv province, reclaimed more than 3,700 square miles, and in some cases driven bedraggled and beaten Russian troops back over the border.

“From the beginning of September until today, our warriors have already liberated more than 6,000 square kilometers of the territory of Ukraine in the east and south,” Zelensky said last night. “The movement of our troops continues.”

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