Ukraine’s defense ministry summarizes 500 days of full-scale war

She wrote about this on Telegram.

"497 days ago, we destroyed the expectations of 'Kyiv in three days' and the myth of the 'second army of the world'. 462 days ago we liberated the Kyiv region and the north of Ukraine, and for the first time the Russian media started talking about the retreat as a 'gesture of goodwill'” emphasized Maliar.

• 451 days since Ukraine's Defense Forces sent the Russian cruiser Moskva to the bottom of the Black Sea.

• 380 days ago, Ukraine received the first HIMARS from the Allies.

• 373 days since Snake (Zmiinyi) Island was liberated.

• 305 days ago, a counteroffensive began in the Kharkiv region, “an unprecedentedly rapid offensive with a cascading collapse of Russian defenses that shocked the whole world,” Maliar recalled.

• 273 days since the first strike on the Crimean bridge to disrupt Russian logistics, and 239 days since Ukraine returned Kherson, the deputy minister noted.

• 113 days ago, an arrest warrant for Russian leader Vladimir Putin was issued in The Hague.

"It's been 80 days since we received powerful air defense systems from our partners - the Patriot system. 65 days since we first shot down the Russian supersonic missile Kinzhal. It is at this moment that our soldiers are liberating the occupied lands in the east and south in heavy battles," she said.

In addition, the Deputy Minister of Defense emphasized that "we will soon start training pilots on F-16s. Victory is ahead".

• On July 8, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy honored the memory of Ukrainian heroes on Zmiinyi Island.