The Armed Forces was released about 2500 square kilometers in Kharkiv region, can create a boiler for the Russian Federation around Izium - ISW

During a counter -offensive in the Kharkiv region, the Ukrainian military conquered about 2500 square kilometers and have every chance of cutting off the Russian occupiers around Izium. This is stated in the construction of analysts of the American Institute of War Study (ISW) on September 9. The Armed Forces came to the southern treachery to Kupyansk and the Oskil River and are likely to clean the disorganized Russian forces, which were in the area of ​​the rapid offensive of the fighters.

ISW draws this conclusion due to the influx of photographs of Russian prisoners of war, which will spread the network over the last 48 hours. Video of the Day "Ukrainian Forces can destroy Russian positions around Izium if they reserve the terrestrial logistics lines of the Russian Federation north and south of Izium", - analysts emphasize.

If the Armed Forces can do it, they will be able to create a boiler around the city and destroy a large part of Russian positions in the northeast of Ukraine, added to ISW. At the same time, the invaders are transferring reinforcements to the Kharkiv region to try to stop Ukraine. The Russian Defense Ministry and propaganda resources of the Kremlin published personnel of military escorts who allegedly headed to the area of ​​Izum and Kupyansk.

The day before, the Institute of War Study predicted that the Armed Forces had a chance to regain Kupyansk control over the next 72 hours (three days), as they took positions within 15 km from the city, which is a key node of Russian logistics and providing troops in the Izium direction.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelesnyky and Commander -in -Chief of the Armed Forces Valery Zaluzhny said that in general, on September 1, Ukrainian defenders released more than 1 thousand square kilometers of Ukraine from Russian invaders and wedged in separate directions in their defense up to 50 km. During the last days of the Armed Forces, more than 30 settlements in Kharkiv have been released or controlled.