Ukraine says has recaptured key town south of Bakhmut
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00:00 Astonishing flags in victory.
00:02 With us in their backdrop the ruins of the village of Klyshivka,
00:06 these Ukrainian soldiers chanted "Glory to the heroes".
00:11 Glory to Ukraine!
00:12 Glory to the heroes!
00:14 After heavy fighting Ukraine claims to have taken the small village.
00:18 The hard fought gains by multiple battalions were praised by President Volodymyr Zelensky
00:23 in his nightly address.
00:25 I would like to especially recognize the warriors who are gradually regaining Ukraine's territory
00:30 in the area of Bakhmut.
00:32 Klyshivka, well done!
00:34 Located just 9 kilometres from Bakhmut, Klyshivka is on higher ground
00:39 and right next to the village of Andrivka, which Ukrainian forces said they took on Friday.
00:45 Kyiv says these twin victories will help further put pressure on Russian troops.
00:50 This after months of gruelling fighting in the difficult counter-offensive that Ukraine's been waging since June.
00:57 Both villages were reduced to rubble.
01:01 But such painstaking step-by-step advances do not mean a larger victory is suddenly in sight.
01:08 The US's highest ranking officer voiced a sobering reminder about Ukraine's goal
01:14 to oust Russia from all occupied territories.
01:18 It will take a considerable length of time to militarily eject all 200,000 or plus Russian troops
01:25 out of Russian occupied Ukraine.
01:27 That's a very high bar.
01:29 It's going to take a long time to do it.
01:31 The head of NATO also warned that there would be no swift end to the conflict.
01:36 But the victories will help President Zelensky
01:39 as he lobbies for international support this week during his second visit to Washington.