Latest news of Russia’s war in Ukraine on September 10

Firefighters work at the site of a residential building hit by a Russian military attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on September 6. Ukrainian forces entered Izium after forcing Russian troops to withdraw, an official involved in the operation to liberate the strategic eastern city told CNN on Saturday. Izium, which is located near the border between the Kharkiv and Donetsk regions, had been under Russian occupation for more than five months and had become a major center for the invading armed forces. “We just started to clear the city. The first military units are inside,” the officer told CNN. A spokesman for the Bohun Brigade of the Ukrainian Ground Forces said in a statement on Saturday that “the Russians escaped and left behind weapons and ammunition. The city center is free.” Several videos of Ukrainian troops standing at the Izium sign at the entrance to the city were posted on Telegram. Supposedly, part of the footage was shot by a reconnaissance unit of the 25th Ukrainian Parachute Brigade. Over the video, a voice is heard saying: “We are in Izium. Everything will be Ukraine. Our flag is already here.” Earlier in the day, the head of the Russian-backed Izium city administration, Vladislav Sokolov, was quoted by the Russian state news agency RIA as saying the situation in Izium was “very difficult”. “As a result of constant shelling by Ukrainian troops over the last two weeks, there has been a lot of destruction in the city,” Sokolov said. It is not known exactly when Sokolov spoke with RIA. Read more: Ukrainian forces enter Izium city after five months of Russian occupation, Kyiv says