Ukrainian soldiers reached the border with Russia – Startitup

The Ukrainian army advanced to the border with Russia. Ilya Ponomarenko, reporter of Kyiv Independent, informs about it on Twitter. He posted a short video from the village of Hoptivka, which is located just a short distance from the Russian border, near the city of Kharkiv. Nearby, on the Russian side, is the famous city of Belgorod. Right next to the border with Russia. https://t.co/NPIpIOjZvR — Bryan (@Ich_Bryan) September 11, 2022 The Kyjiv Post, citing the Ukrainian government, also reports that troops have withdrawn from the village of Svatove in Luhansk Oblast and other locations in Kherson Oblast. ⚡️#Ukrainian official: The #Russian army has left Svatove in #Luhansk Oblast as well as several locations in #Kherson Oblast. — KyivPost (@KyivPost) September 11, 2022 Russia confirms withdrawal from the region The SITA agency writes that the Russian Ministry of Defense has admitted the almost complete withdrawal of troops from the Kharkiv region in northeastern Ukraine. It informed about it in a video on Telegram from Sunday’s briefing. The spokesman of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Igor Konashenkov, showed a map of the Kharkiv region at the aforementioned briefing, according to which Russia controls only a small part of the mentioned region. The Russian Ministry of Defense announced on Saturday that it was withdrawing soldiers from the Kharkiv region. Similar to the retreat from Kyiv in the earlier stages of the war, the Russians also justified their withdrawal from the Kharkiv region. The Ministry of Defense, through Konashenkov, said that they took this step “in order to achieve the stated goals of the special military operation to liberate Donbas.” Faster than the Russians Ukrainian soldiers recaptured more Ukrainian territory in five days than Russian soldiers have occupied since April. This was stated by American experts, who were referred to by the DPA news agency, writes TASR. “The liberation of the city of Izium will be the most significant achievement of the Ukrainian army since its victory in the battle for Kiev in March,” the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said in an analysis of the situation in Ukraine on Sunday. Izium is located in the Kharkiv region in the north of Ukraine. This means that Russia’s planned advance in the Donbas region from the north is thwarted, experts wrote. “A successful encirclement of Russian forces already fleeing Izium will result in the destruction or capture of significant numbers of Russian troops and will weaken Russian troop size and morale,” the institute continued. regularly publishes fight analyses. Sunday is the 200th day of the Russian war. Thus, the Ukrainian army is making rapid progress in recapturing the northeast of the country, but not all Russian soldiers managed to withdraw from there, Kyiv reported. Escape in panic In the Kharkiv region, some enemy units are cut off from supply routes and are in panic, the Ukrainian General Staff said in a Sunday situation report. There are many victims on the Russian side, 400 Russian soldiers were killed in one day. The information cannot be independently verified, the DPA agency reminded. “Ukrainian armed forces have continued to advance significantly in the Kharkiv region over the past 24 hours,” the British intelligence service also wrote in a situation report published on Twitter. We are updating the report. Thanks for reading Startitup. If you have an observation or found an error in the article, write to us at [email protected]. Sources: Twitter, TASR, SITA