Russia's Defence Ministry said Saturday that it is pulling back forces from two areas in Ukraine's Kharkiv region where a Ukrainian counteroffensive has made significant advances in the past week.
Russia's Defense Ministry announced Saturday that it was pulling back troops from two areas in Ukraine's eastern Kharkiv region where a Ukrainian counteroffensive has made significant advances in the past week.
Earlier Saturday, Ukrainian officials claimed major gains in the Kharkiv region, saying their troops had cut off vital supplies to Izyum. Britain's Defense Ministry said Saturday that it believed Ukrainian troops had advanced as much as 50 kilometres south of Kharkiv, and described Russian forces around Izyum as "increasingly isolated."
Vladislav Sokolov, head of the Russian-appointed local administration, said on social media that authorities in Izyum had started evacuating residents to Russia. The Ukrainian military was more circumspect, claiming to have taken "more than 1,000 square kilometres" from pro-Kremlin forces this week. It said that "in some areas, units of the Defense Forces have penetrated the enemy's defenses to a depth of 50 kilometres," matching the British assessment, but did not disclose geographical details.
He spoke after the Ukrainian governor of Kharkiv reported that the national flag had been raised over Balakliya, recaptured by Ukrainian troops Thursday following six months of occupation.Elsewhere, Ukrainian emergency services reported that a 62-year-old woman was killed in a Russian missile strike in the Kharkiv region when her home was flattened overnight.
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