Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Ukraine retook 2,300 square miles in September

Ukrainian teams are disarming land mines and other unexploded weapons in the recaptured areas and searching for any remaining Russian troops, officials said

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his forces have liberated more than 2,300 square miles in the east and the south since the beginning of September (Kostiantyn Liberov/AP)

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said his forces have liberated more than 2,300 square miles in the east and the south since the beginning of September.

Ukrainian troops pushed all the way to the country’s north-eastern border in places, and claimed to have captured a record number of Russian soldiers as part of the lightning advance that forced Moscow to make a hasty retreat.