<p>Ukraine's army has recaptured around "2,000 kilometres of territory" in September, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Saturday, adding that the Russian army was doing the right thing in fleeing the counter-offensive.</p>.<p>"For the moment, since the beginning of September, around 2,000 kilometres has been liberated," said Zelenskyy in his evening address.</p>.<p>He did not specify whether he was talking about square kilometres, but on Thursday, the army's commander-in-chief Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, said their troops had recaptured 1,000 square kilometres (nearly 400 square miles) of territory from Russian forces.</p>.<p>"These last days, the Russian army has shown us its best (side) -- its back," Zelensky added. "After all, it's a good choice for them to flee.</p>.<p>"There is no place in Ukraine for the occupiers. There never will be."</p>.<p>Ukraine's army announced a counter-offensive at the beginning of the month before making a dramatic break through Russian lines in the northeast this week, in the Kharkiv region.</p>
<p>Ukraine's army has recaptured around "2,000 kilometres of territory" in September, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced Saturday, adding that the Russian army was doing the right thing in fleeing the counter-offensive.</p>.<p>"For the moment, since the beginning of September, around 2,000 kilometres has been liberated," said Zelenskyy in his evening address.</p>.<p>He did not specify whether he was talking about square kilometres, but on Thursday, the army's commander-in-chief Valeriy Zaluzhnyi, said their troops had recaptured 1,000 square kilometres (nearly 400 square miles) of territory from Russian forces.</p>.<p>"These last days, the Russian army has shown us its best (side) -- its back," Zelensky added. "After all, it's a good choice for them to flee.</p>.<p>"There is no place in Ukraine for the occupiers. There never will be."</p>.<p>Ukraine's army announced a counter-offensive at the beginning of the month before making a dramatic break through Russian lines in the northeast this week, in the Kharkiv region.</p>