Fact-checking analysis:

• The claim is ambiguous and lacks temporal specificity, making it difficult to evaluate without knowing when these images were supposedly released or what specific victories they purport to show.
• In September 2022, Ukrainian forces did launch a successful counteroffensive that liberated nearly the entire Kharkiv region, and images documenting this operation were released at that time¹.
• However, current conditions in the Kharkiv region (2025-2026) show Russia has made territorial advances and seized areas such as Vovchansk, according to claims by Russian President Putin that have been partially disputed but confirmed in part by independent analysts²³.
• The Institute for the Study of War has assessed that Russia possesses approximately 7.2 percent of Kharkiv Oblast as of late 2025, and Russian forces have been advancing in parts of the region²³.
• If these images are being presented as current evidence of Ukraine "winning" in Kharkiv, they would likely be outdated, misleading, or represent propaganda rather than the current military reality.
• The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has released images from Kharkiv showing civilian resilience and destruction, but these do not necessarily constitute evidence of military victory⁴.

Overall validity: 35%

1. “They liberated us from our entire civilization.” How towns in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine lived under Russian occupation
2. Russia claims to have seized swathes of Ukraine in 2025 | Russia-Ukraine war News | Al Jazeera
3. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, DEC 19, 2025 | ISW
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