Moscow planned to capture the second largest city in Ukraine and hold it in order to advance to the Donbass.
The Ukrainian army pushed enemy forces from Kharkov by 40 kilometers. About this on Monday, May 2, reported Pentagon foreign policy reporter Jack Detch on Twitter.
“Ukraine’s counter-offensive against Russia near Kharkiv has pushed the invading forces nearly 25 miles from Ukraine’s second largest city,” the journalist wrote, citing a senior U.S. Department of Defense official.
According to the same official, the Russian army intended to capture Kharkov and hold it in order to advance into the Donbass, Detch wrote.
As reported, in the Izyum district of the Kharkiv region, Ukrainian servicemen destroyed two command posts of the Russian occupiers. Loss of staff – several hundred people.
The Armed Forces of Ukraine demonstrated the destruction of Russian troops near Izyum
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Source: korrespondent
