Territorial defense fighters in the Kharkiv region pushed back the russian military and came to the state border with russia, - announced on the night of May 16 by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
"The 227th Battalion of the 127th Brigade of Kharkiv Territorial Defense Forces of Armed Forces of Ukraine drove out the russians and came to the state border," the Ministry said in a statement on Facebook.
In a video released, the territorial defense fighters report to the president about coming to the border.
"We have arrived, Mr. President! We are here! We are at the border!" - say Ukrainian fighters.
[In the video, the servicemen made a slip of the tongue, saying "April 15"].
Volunteer Roman Donyk was the first to announce the arrival of the Ukrainian military to the border with russia. In the evening, he published a video with Kharkiv territorial defense fighters.
"Several weeks of fierce fighting. Kharkiv region is being cleared of occupiers. The Kharkiv 227th Battalion of the 127th Territorial Defense Forces Brigade has reached the border with the aggressor country in the Kharkiv region," the volunteer wrote on Facebook.
The day before, the president Volodymyr Zelenskyy appointed the new commander of Territorial Defense Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine - Major General Igor Tantsyura.