The Ukrainian Armed Forces have entered Sviatohirsk, Donetsk region, and are liberating the area from the Russians, Ukrainian Pravda reports.
These are fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the operational battalion of the Hero of Ukraine Serhiy Kulchytskyi NSU.
The #counteroffensive with uD83CuDDFAuD83CuDDE6#Ukraine is not limited #Kharkiv region. Today there is evidence of the release of the village #Sviatohirsk, #Donetsk region.
Do it #ukrainianarmy had to cross the river Siverskyi Donets.Don’t stop supporting Ukraine!#ArmUkraineNow #Russia #war pic.twitter.com/yzVBnHfsbP
– Mykola uD83CuDDF1uD83CuDDFBuD83CuDDEAuD83CuDDEAuD83CuDDEBuD83CuDDEE (@Mykola65109280) September 12, 2022
The images published on Twitter show a raised Ukrainian flag on the facade of the city council, as well as a National Guard soldier Vitaly Markiv with the message “We are in Sviatohirsk”.
As it was just reported from the battlefield: Ukrainian troops entered #Sviatohirskthe city is about 150 km from the temporarily occupied #Donetsk pic.twitter.com/9FpQc5bx1U
— Oleksiy Biloshytsky (@Biloshytsky) September 12, 2022
According to the Institute for the Study of War, there were reports that the city partially fell under Russian control after the May 31 battle.
On June 6, the spokesman of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Igor Konashenkov, said that Russian troops are completing the capture of the city. Later that day, the head of the People’s Republic of Ukraine, Denys Pushylin, said that Sviatohirsk was almost freed from Ukrainian forces, except for an unnamed hill somewhere in the city. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced the full capture of the city the next day, June 7.
On September 5, the border police released a video showing Ukrainian strikes on Russian positions in this city.
Source: Hot News RU
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