Izium

2022 - 9 - 10

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Izium: Ukrainian forces enter strategic city after five months of ... (CNN)

Ukrainian forces have entered Izium after forcing Russian troops to retreat, an officer involved in the operation to liberate the strategic eastern city ...

In the near future, we will restore them and bring in humanitarian aid." Syniehubov said that residents of the recaptured areas will need help. Russia has tried to paint a different picture of the Ukrainian counteroffensive. The reinforcements will help to stop any further advance of the Kyiv regime," Poddubny said. "Our reserves are arriving at the front line," Poddubny said. Ukrainian officials have vowed that anyone who collaborated with occupation forces will face criminal sanctions. Over the video, a voice is heard saying: "We are in Izium. "Residents, of course, need help. Kirill Imashev, the military correspondent of a Russian Telegram channel, Readovka, said that Russian forces had left Kupyansk and retreated across the river Oskil to "regroup," but claimed that residents of the city had "left their homes in a hurry, fearing reprisals from the Kyiv regime." Our flag is here already." City center is free." It's not known exactly when Sokolov spoke to RIA.

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Russia-Ukraine War: Live News Updates (The New York Times)

KYIV, Ukraine — Ukrainian forces entered the key Russian military stronghold of Izium on Saturday, continuing their rapid advance across the northeast and ...

[Millions of Ukrainians have fled](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/24/world/europe/russia-ukraine-war-toll.html) their homes since the war began more than six months ago. They flew toward the roads and shell craters, closer and closer to Despite the Russian authorities’ crackdown on the opposition, some low-profile critics of the Kremlin and of the Ukraine war remain on the ballot. The city of Sievierodonetsk fell, [then Lysychansk](https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/03/world/europe/ukraine-war-lysychansk.html). monitors had documented the prosecution of more than 80 people in the Russian-held peninsula for “public actions directed at discrediting the armed forces of the Russian Federation,” Ms. Putin has dominated Russian politics for two decades, he has long relied on elections with a semblance of competition to try to legitimize the rule of his United Russia party. “Given the progress of the war since that date,” they wrote, “the extent of damage, losses and needs is clearly larger as of the date of publication.” But the ranks of the opposition have since been depleted as anti-government politicians have fled the country and others have been arrested or blocked from running. The report also says that Ukraine must accept strict oversight of the funds, and must strengthen its legal and judicial systems, to reduce the potential for corruption. The authors of the report said their assessment covered the period from the start of the Russian invasion on Feb. While it is early to gauge the full extent of the army’s gains, videos, witness accounts and some Russian reports have all pointed to Ukrainian momentum, including in this spot. But the lightning offensive in the country’s northeast has reshaped what had become a grinding war of attrition.

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Ukrainian troops enter Izium, Kharkiv Oblast (video) (Euromaidan Press)

Latest news from Ukraine today. Ukrainian troops enter Izium, Kharkiv Oblast (video). Follow updates on Euromaidan Press.

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Russian grip on northeast Ukraine collapses after Kyiv severs ... (Reuters)

The announcement came hours after rapidly advancing Ukrainian troops captured the city of Kupiansk, the sole railway hub supplying Russia's entire frontline ...

Ukrainian regional governor Serhiy Gaidai was quoted in Ukrainian media as saying Ukrainian troops had been spotted on the city's outskirts. They say half of the city was taken by the Ukrainian army and Russia is retreating... There were signs that Ukraine could capitalise on the disarray with assaults along other areas of the eastern front. "I was at the market today and saw a lot of people from Kupiansk. Boxes still full of ammunition were scattered with strewn rubbish in positions the Russians had abandoned in evident haste. The Russian withdrawal announcement came hours after Ukrainian troops captured the city of Kupiansk farther north, the sole railway hub supplying Russia's entire frontline across northeastern Ukraine.

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Ukraine Eliminates Russian Forces From Izium, A Key Turning Point ... (Daily Beast)

Russian troops were dealt a crushing blow as they were forced to leave their stronghold in the city of Izium.

Still, Ukrainians fear for the bitter cold winter months of the war that lie ahead. “Yesterday evening, Russians put a white flag nearby the railway station,” Yevhen, a Ukrainian officer, told the New York Times. "In order to prevent damage to Russian troops, a powerful fire defeat was inflicted on the enemy using aviation, missile troops and artillery," Russian Defense Ministry, Lieutenant-General Igor Konashenkov But Russia’s Ministry of Defense is staging this loss as a preplanned move, claiming that they pulled out to strengthen their forces in the eastern area of Ukraine. TASS, a Russian News Agency, also [reported the news](https://twitter.com/tass_agency/status/1568603969362051072?s=20&t=IhwzHWeFJ6LlfkOaMZ1GsQ), saying that “a decision was made to regroup Russian troops” from the Izium area to “build up efforts in the Donetsk region” instead. Russia’s forces sieged Izium nearly six months ago, and now the country has confirmed that all forces have now been pulled from the northeastern Ukrainian city.

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Ukrainian forces appear to retake Kupiansk amid advances in north ... (The Guardian)

Kyiv reportedly takes control of vital town and encircles thousands of Russian troops in Izium.

“This has shown that the only advantage they have is in the number of artillery pieces and heavy equipment. They are now trying to strengthen their positions by dropping reserves in by plane but this is very impractical as the reserves are not prepared,” said Kuzan. So all we need is the same amount.” “Retreat is part of the art of war. It fell fully to Russian forces on 1 April, trapping thousands of civilians in a city where as many as 80% of its residential buildings have been destroyed. The Russians called the area around it Izium passage.

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Ukraine troops raise flag over railway hub as advance threatens to ... (CNBC)

Ukrainian officials shared photos showing troops raising the nation's flag over the main railway city that has supplied Russian forces in northeastern ...

Reuters could not independently verify the situation in the city. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told a news conference in Prague on Thursday. "The first function is to provide help that they need. Glory to the armed forces of Ukraine," she wrote. But they have options](https://www.cnbc.com/2022/09/09/where-russians-go-on-vacation-since-the-ukraine-war-started.html) Natalia Popova, adviser to the head of the Kharkiv regional council, shared photos on Facebook of troops holding up a Ukrainian flag in front of Kupiansk city hall.

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Russian forces withdraw from the Kharkiv region amid a Ukrainian ... (NPR)

Ukrainian forces have broken through Russia's front lines in the east, retaking strategic towns and territory in a surprise counteroffensive that began just ...

[video posted to Telegram](https://t.me/synegubov/4141), Oleh Syniehubov, head of Kharkiv regional military administration, records from Balakliya, showing the Ukrainian flag raised behind him. [recent analysis by the Institute for the Study of War](https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-september-9), a think tank based in Washington D.C., said that successes in the Kharkiv counteroffensive "are creating fissures within the Russian information space" and "eroding confidence" in Russian command. He says the military is working on it. "... While Russia's Ministry of Defense and the Kremlin have not officially acknowledged the counteroffensive, Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov confirmed that Moscow's forces withdrew from the city of Izium — a key regional transportation and supply hub for the Russian military in Ukraine's east. The deputy mayor of Izium, Volodymyr Matsokin, confirmed in a Telegram post that the armed forces of Ukraine are in the city, but said it's too early to say the city has been liberated.

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Russia gives up key northeast towns as Ukrainian forces advance (CNBC)

Moscow abandoned its main bastion in northeastern Ukraine on Saturday, in a sudden collapse of one of the war's principal front lines.

They say half of the city was taken by the Ukrainian army and Russia is retreating ... "I was at the market today and saw a lkuot of people from Kupiansk. Ukraine hailed it as a turning point in the 6-month-old war, with thousands of Russian soldiers leaving behind ammunition stockpiles and equipment as they fled. Boxes of ammunition were scattered along with rubbish at positions the Russians had abandoned in evident haste. Troops entered Balakliia a few days ago, she said, but it was only on Saturday that Ukraine established control in the city. Ukrainian officials posted photos early on Saturday of their troops raising the country's blue-and-yellow flag in front of Kupiansk's city hall.

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Russia-Ukraine War: Live News Updates (The New York Times)

The Ukrainian military was poised to recapture more towns held by Russians after a week of fighting that has reshaped the war.

But the lightning offensive in the country’s northeast has reshaped what had become a grinding war of attrition. The breakthrough — possibly some 50 kilometers in just a few days — threatened to encircle Russian forces, which appeared to be caught by surprise. “There was street fighting all over the night.” He asked to be identified by only his first name out of concerns for his security. In the Luhansk region, the Ukrainian military governor of the area, Serhiy Haidai, said his forces were poised to seize the towns of Svatove, Kreminna and Rubizhne and were advancing on Lysychansk. In a statement, it presented the retreat as a preplanned move, intended to strengthen its efforts in the east where its army has been bogged down for weeks. “The path to the return of our entire territory is all there, every day it becomes clearer,” he told the panel at YES, or the Yalta European Strategy forum. He described the fighting as “intense” along roads and towns the Russian military captured in June and July. 24 — when he called the nation “reborn” while speaking before destroyed tanks in the capital city of Kyiv — foreshadowed his renewed optimism. “On the Ukrainian issue, we see how they have put Russia in an impossible situation,” he added. Ukrainian officials said on Saturday that their troops had taken the eastern city of Izium, a strategically important railway hub that Russian forces seized in the spring after a bloody, weekslong battle. Li is the highest-level Chinese official to leave the country since the start of the pandemic. The two provinces are a mineral-rich region of mining towns and rolling fields that together make up the Donbas region, one of Russia’s main targets of the war.

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Explained: Why is Ukraine's Izium victory against Russia significant? (The Indian Express)

Russia's Defence Ministry also confirmed that the country's troops have retreated from the area to “re-group” and “re-deploy”. Izuim had fallen to the Russians ...

After capturing it early in the war, Russia used it as a logistics base to route supplies to its troops on the Donbas frontline. After capturing Izium, Russia was using it as a launchpad for carrying out attacks in the Donbas region. Izium is considered the gateway to Donbas region, a Russian-speaking area whose complete capture has been Russia’s key war aim since the beginning of the conflict.

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