Izium's loss is the most difficult defeat of Russia in the war with Ukraine - Reuters
For the Kremlin, the loss of this city is the most difficult defeat of war with Ukraine since the retreat in March from Kiev. For Ukraine, this situation at the front is a turning point in the 6-month war, Reuters writes. The Russians used raisins as a base to supply their troops for the offensive in the Donbass. But Russian troops have hurried this city, leaving warehouses full of weapons and equipment.
The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation in its report stated that Russian troops were ordered to leave the city and other settlements of Kharkiv region in order to strengthen the grouping of troops in the Donbass. Focus has already written that in Russia they were called a defeat under the raisin "regrouping of troops. " In the occupation administration of Kharkiv region, locals were called to be evacuated to "save their lives.
" According to the Russian news agency TASS, traffic jams were even formed on the roads through cars with locals who want to go to Russia. Governor of the Belgorod region Vyacheslav Gladkov reported that there is a distribution of food and medicines to people who are in line on the way to the border with Russia. Senator Andriy Turchak from the Prokremlivsky Party "One Russia" reported more than 400 cars at the border.
If the counter -offensive of the Ukrainian army is still as successful, it will be a blow to Russia, which, according to the Western special services, has already suffered enormous losses. On the other hand, for Ukraine it is a good incentive to show Western allies that they need to continue to support our country, in particular, this applies to the supply of weapons. According to Reuters, Ukraine is under pressure from Western countries that require progress in the war before winter.
After all, Putin is threatening to stop supplying energy to Europe. According to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba, the Ukrainian army shows that it can defeat Russian if the supply of Western weapons continues. According to Kuleba, the more weapons will be, the faster Ukraine will be able to win in the war. The fact that Russian troops left raisins became known a few hours after the Ukrainian troops seized Kupyansk.
This city was the only railway junction that was supplying Russian troops in the northeast of Ukraine. The release of Kupyansk from the Russian invaders was already written. As a result of the loss of Kupyansk, the Russian army was cut off from supply. Igor Girkin, former commander of pro -Russian fighters in eastern Ukraine, called Russia's retreat "great defeat.