KYV: Ukraine’s army enters Russia’s major military stronghold isium On Saturday, the northeast continued to move quickly and ignite a dramatic new phase in the war. “Isium is set free today,” the mayor of the city, Valery Marchenko, Told. While he was not yet in town, he said emergency services were working to remove potential hazards before residents could return.
Russia’s defense ministry – which a day earlier said it was moving to strengthen its defensive position in the region – confirmed on Saturday that it had pulled its forces out of Izium, six months after its The army laid siege and then seized the city. In a statement, it presented the retreat as a pre-planned move, aimed at bolstering its efforts in the east where its forces had been stuck for weeks.
Maintaining control of towns and cities during the war has proved difficult at times, and it was not clear how much is secure. UkraineIzium was in control and what were its efforts Russia Might take it to try to win back.
But the loss of Izium – a strategically important railway hub that Russian forces seized in the spring after a bloody week of fighting – could mark a turning point in the war, only to be marred by Russia’s humiliating defeat around the Ukrainian capital. Dwarf, Kyiv, In the fall. The first signs that Russian forces would retreat rather than fight surfaced late Friday. “Friday, the Russians raised a white flag near Ra-Ilve station,” said Yevgen, a Ukrainian official who participated in the liberation of Izium. “There was street fighting throughout the night. ,
Lightning strikes in the north-east of the country have reshaped what had become a war of peace. Within days, Russia’s front lines have bowed and Moscow’s forces have fled and village after village. The Security Service of Ukraine posted a picture Wire Showing members of the special forces in Kupiyansk, just north of Izium. “We move on!” According to Ukrinform news agency, the post read.
President in his night address Volodymyr Zelensky Ukraine said the army had captured more than 30 settlements in the Kharkiv region, where Izium is located. “We are gradually taking control of the new settlements,” he said.
The eastern offensive has removed Russian forces from more than 2,500 square kilometers of land in the Kharkiv region as of Friday, according to an estimate by Washington-based think tank Institute for the Study of War.
Russia’s defense ministry – which a day earlier said it was moving to strengthen its defensive position in the region – confirmed on Saturday that it had pulled its forces out of Izium, six months after its The army laid siege and then seized the city. In a statement, it presented the retreat as a pre-planned move, aimed at bolstering its efforts in the east where its forces had been stuck for weeks.
Maintaining control of towns and cities during the war has proved difficult at times, and it was not clear how much is secure. UkraineIzium was in control and what were its efforts Russia Might take it to try to win back.
But the loss of Izium – a strategically important railway hub that Russian forces seized in the spring after a bloody week of fighting – could mark a turning point in the war, only to be marred by Russia’s humiliating defeat around the Ukrainian capital. Dwarf, Kyiv, In the fall. The first signs that Russian forces would retreat rather than fight surfaced late Friday. “Friday, the Russians raised a white flag near Ra-Ilve station,” said Yevgen, a Ukrainian official who participated in the liberation of Izium. “There was street fighting throughout the night. ,
Lightning strikes in the north-east of the country have reshaped what had become a war of peace. Within days, Russia’s front lines have bowed and Moscow’s forces have fled and village after village. The Security Service of Ukraine posted a picture Wire Showing members of the special forces in Kupiyansk, just north of Izium. “We move on!” According to Ukrinform news agency, the post read.
President in his night address Volodymyr Zelensky Ukraine said the army had captured more than 30 settlements in the Kharkiv region, where Izium is located. “We are gradually taking control of the new settlements,” he said.
The eastern offensive has removed Russian forces from more than 2,500 square kilometers of land in the Kharkiv region as of Friday, according to an estimate by Washington-based think tank Institute for the Study of War.