On Izium front, Armed Forces of Ukraine started counteroffensive - Syniehubov

ALIONA MAZURENKO — SATURDAY, 14 MAY 2022, 13:26

On the Izium front in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukrainian defenders have begun a counterattack.

Source:  Oleh Syniehubov, Head of the Kharkiv Regional Military Administration 

Quote: "The most intense point for us is the Izium front. There our Armed Forces went on the counterattack.

The enemy is retreating in some areas - this is the result of the character of our Armed Forces."

Background: 

• Analysts at the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) believe that the Russian military has probably decided to withdraw fully from its positions around the city of Kharkiv . 
• According to ISW, "this is how Ukraine seems to have won the battle for Kharkiv": Ukrainian forces prevented Russian troops from encircling, let alone seizing Kharkiv.