Kyiv says its troops have entered the key city of Izium as Russian forces flee from a rapid counteroffensive.
Izium, which sits near the border between the Kharkiv and Donetsk regions, had been under Russian occupation for more than five months and had become an important hub for the invading military. "We have just started clearing the town. First military units are in," the officer told CNN.A spokesperson for the Bohun Brigade of the Land Forces of Ukraine said in a statement earlier on Saturday that"Russians escaped and left weapons and ammo behind. City center is free.
" "Measures to check and secure the territory in some villages of the region are ongoing, we are gradually taking control of new settlements -- we are returning the Ukrainian flag and protection for all our people everywhere," Zelensky said in his daily address. A military truck left behind by Russian forces in Grakove village in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on September 9.
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