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"Russian state media says defence ministry ordered troops to leave the vicinity of Izyum, a key city in northeast Ukraine."
Russia has abandoned its main bastion in northeastern Ukraine, in a sudden collapse of one of the war’s principal front lines after Ukrainian forces made a rapid advance.
The swift fall of Izyum in Kharkiv province on Saturday was Moscow’s worst defeat since its troops were forced back from the capital, Kyiv, in March.
nition stockpiles and equipment as they fled. Russian forces used Izyum as the logistics base for one of their main campaigns – a months-long assault from the north on the adjacent Donbas region comprising Donetsk and Luhansk.
The state-run TASS news agency quoted Russia’s defence ministry as saying it had ordered troops to leave the vicinity and reinforce operations elsewhere in neighbouring Donetsk.
The head of Russia’s administration in Kharkiv told residents to evacuate the province and flee to Russia to “save lives”, TASS reported. Witnesses described traffic jams of cars with people leaving Russian-held territory.
Ukrainian troops took Kupiansk, a railway hub [Press Service of the State Security Service of Ukraine/Handout via Reuters]
News of the drawdown came just after Ukrainian special forces published images on social media showing camouflage-clad officers with automatic weapons in Kupiansk, a town of about 27,000 people.
Ukrainian troops had also liberated Vasylenkovo and Artemivka in the Kharkiv region, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his evening address on Saturday.
The Russian army these days is demonstrating its best ability – to show its back,” he said
Ukraine’s armed forces have liberated about 2,000sq km (770sq miles) of territory since a counter-offensive against Russia started earlier this month, he said.
‘Tide turning’
was no official confirmation from Ukraine that its troops had routed Russian forces from Izyum, but Andriy Yermak, Zelenskyy’s chief of staff, posted a photo of soldiers on its outskirts and tweeted an emoji of grapes. The city’s name means “raisin”.
"Russian state media says defence ministry ordered troops to leave the vicinity of Izyum, a key city in northeast Ukraine."
Russia has abandoned its main bastion in northeastern Ukraine, in a sudden collapse of one of the war’s principal front lines after Ukrainian forces made a rapid advance.
The swift fall of Izyum in Kharkiv province on Saturday was Moscow’s worst defeat since its troops were forced back from the capital, Kyiv, in March.
nition stockpiles and equipment as they fled. Russian forces used Izyum as the logistics base for one of their main campaigns – a months-long assault from the north on the adjacent Donbas region comprising Donetsk and Luhansk.
The state-run TASS news agency quoted Russia’s defence ministry as saying it had ordered troops to leave the vicinity and reinforce operations elsewhere in neighbouring Donetsk.
The head of Russia’s administration in Kharkiv told residents to evacuate the province and flee to Russia to “save lives”, TASS reported. Witnesses described traffic jams of cars with people leaving Russian-held territory.
Ukrainian troops took Kupiansk, a railway hub [Press Service of the State Security Service of Ukraine/Handout via Reuters]
News of the drawdown came just after Ukrainian special forces published images on social media showing camouflage-clad officers with automatic weapons in Kupiansk, a town of about 27,000 people.
Ukrainian troops had also liberated Vasylenkovo and Artemivka in the Kharkiv region, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his evening address on Saturday.
The Russian army these days is demonstrating its best ability – to show its back,” he said
Ukraine’s armed forces have liberated about 2,000sq km (770sq miles) of territory since a counter-offensive against Russia started earlier this month, he said.
‘Tide turning’
was no official confirmation from Ukraine that its troops had routed Russian forces from Izyum, but Andriy Yermak, Zelenskyy’s chief of staff, posted a photo of soldiers on its outskirts and tweeted an emoji of grapes. The city’s name means “raisin”.
