The Ukrainian Armed Forces are holding Barvinkove in the Kharkiv region and not letting the enemy advance in the Izium area, with Russian forces suffering significant losses in military personnel and equipment there.
Russian troops have focused their efforts on Donetsk direction and try to restrain the offensive of Ukraine’s Defense Forces north of Kharkiv. In addition, the enemy gets ready for offensive operations near Izium.
Russian propaganda is circulating a fake story claiming that 44 residents of Izium, whose bodies were recently removed from under a rubble of an apartment block, were killed in shelling by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
The enemy continues the offensive in the east. At the same time, it focuses its efforts on securing the withdrawal of its units from Kharkiv and preventing the units of Ukraine’s Defense Forces from advancing to the rear of the Russian troops near Izium.
In the area of Izium and in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, the enemy is attempting to attack the defensive positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces every day. However, the Ukrainian military is in control of the situation.
Near the town of Izium, Kharkiv region, the enemy is testing the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces for strength and is constantly suffering significant losses, both in manpower and equipment.
Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Liudmyla Denisova has called on the International Committee of the Red Cross to take all measures to help open a humanitarian corridor for the evacuation of civilians from the city of Izium.