Ukraine Crisis: This announcement by the Russian Defence Ministry can be considered the Ukrainian army's biggest success since the Ukrainian army thwarted the Russian attempt to capture Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.
Russia Ukraine War Updates: The Defense Ministry of Russia said on Saturday that it is withdrawing its troops from two places in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Significantly, in both these areas, Ukrainian troops have made a lot of progress in the last week. The development can be considered the Ukrainian army's biggest success since the thwarting of a Russian attempt to capture the capital, Kyiv, in the nearly seven-month-long war.
Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konshenkov said that the
deployment of troops from the Balakliya and Izyum areas would be re-deployed to
the Donetsk region. It is noteworthy that Izum was an important base of the
Russian army in Kharkiv. Let us tell you that in a video viral on social media
earlier this week, residents of Balaklia were seen celebrating the arrival of
the Ukrainian army inside the army.
Russia told
this reason for calling soldiers
The spokesman said the move was taken "with the aim of
achieving the goal of a special military operation to liberate the
Donbass", a part of former Ukraine. Significantly, Russia claims to have
sovereign rights over this area.
The reason given for the withdrawal of troops and their
redeployment to Donsk is exactly the same as the one given by Russia earlier
this year while withdrawing troops from Kyiv.
Ukrainian
officials made this claim
Ukrainian officials earlier on Saturday claimed to have
achieved a major breakthrough in retaliation against Russian forces in the
Kharkiv region, saying Ukrainian troops cut off vital supplies to Izeum.