Russia Confirms Flight of Troops From Ukraine’s Kharkiv Area
- Kyiv’s forces capture logistical hub, Russian staging post
- Military gains mark major setback for Russian invasion
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Thousands of Russian troops retreated in the face of a lightning Ukrainian offensive in the Kharkiv region that threatens to derail the Kremlin’s bid to cement control of Ukraine’s east.
A local Moscow-backed official and pro-Russian military bloggers said Saturday that Kremlin forces had pulled out of Izyum, a staging post for the campaign in Donbas, to avoid being encircled.