Russia has lost about a third of its ground combat force, according to British military intelligence
Members of the Ukrainian military receive treatment for concussions and light injuries from Ukrainian military medics at a front-line field hospital in Popasna, Ukraine, May10 2022. Picture: CHRIS MCGRATH/GETTY IMAGES
Since mid-April Russian forces have focused much of their firepower on Donbas after failing to take the capital. Izium straddles the Donets river, about 120km from Kharkiv on the main highway heading southeast. Maintaining pressure on Izium and Russian supply lines will make it harder for Moscow to encircle battle-hardened Ukrainian troops on the eastern front in the Donbas.
A large convoy of cars and vans carrying refugees from the ruins of Mariupol arrived in the Ukraine-controlled city of Zaporizhzhia after nightfall on Saturday after waiting days for Russian troops to allow them to leave.
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