After the reconquest of large areas, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited the liberated city of Izyum in the east of the country. Zelenskyi attended a ceremony to raise the Ukrainian flag in the city along with military officials, the Ukrainian military said. Izyum is one of the largest cities recaptured from Russian troops during the current Ukraine counter-offensive.
According to Ukraine, it has achieved major military successes in the north-eastern region of Kharkiv and on the southern front near Cherson on the Black Sea. According to this, Ukrainian troops have recaptured hundreds of villages and towns since the beginning of September.
Ukraine accuses Russia of torture
After inspecting the liberated areas, Ukrainian authorities accuse the Russian occupying forces of human rights violations. Four bodies of civilians with “traces of torture” were found in the recaptured eastern town of Zalisnychne, sources said. Initial investigations indicated that the people found in Zaliznychne in the Kharkiv region were killed “by Russian soldiers during the occupation of the place,” the regional prosecutor wrote.
Images released by the Ukrainian military showed boxes of ammunition and military equipment left behind by Russian forces in the retaken areas. Near the liberated northeastern town of Balaklija, AFP journalists saw evidence of fierce fighting that destroyed buildings.
In response to the Ukrainian advance, the Russian army says it has “massively” bombed the Ukrainian armed forces on many front sectors. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov accused the Ukrainian armed forces of having committed “torture” and “ill-treatment” of residents in the Kharkiv region. According to information from the Kremlin, there are “many punitive actions against the residents of the Kharkiv region, people are being tortured and mistreated,” said Peskov.
Source: Stern
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