The Pentagon found that "a number of Russian soldiers" withdrew from the Ukrainian region of Kharkiv.
This was stated by the spokesman for the US Department of Defense, General Pat Ryder.
"We have seen a number of Moscow forces, especially in the north-east, in the Kharkiv region, cross the border to return to Russia," the Pentagon spokesman said, stating however that "Russian soldiers are still in droves in Ukraine" .
"The question of whether Ukraine is at a turning point cannot be answered. It is difficult to say."
This was stated by US President Joe Biden, answering a question from journalists following in Delaware.
"It is clear that the Ukrainians have made significant progress. But it will be a long way," he added.
Five civilians were killed and 16 wounded in the last day Russian bombing in the Donetsk region according to the head of the regional military administration of Donetsk Pavlo Kyrylenko, reports Ukrinform.
"On September 13, 2022, the Russians killed five civilians in the Donetsk region, precisely in Bakhmut. Another sixteen people were injured," said Kyrylenko, according to whom "for the moment it is impossible to calculate the exact number of victims in Mariupol and Volnovakha ".
Ukrainian presidential adviser Oleksiy Arestovych has suggested the possibility of using the advance on the territory during the week in the Kharkiv region to advance in the eastern province of Lugansk.
"Now there is an assault on Lyman and there may be an advance on Siversk," Arestovych said in a video, reported by the Guardian.
However, the pro-Russians of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic denied the claims and in a video claimed that Lyman remains in their hands: "The situation has stabilized. The enemy is of course trying to advance in small groups, but the allied forces (Russian-led) are completely rejecting it. "
Russian troops struck the southern Nikopol district three times with heavy artillery last night, firing 75 shells.
This was stated by the head of the Dnipropetrovsk regional military administration, Valentyn Reznichenko, quoted by Ukrinform.
"The enemy struck the Nikopol district three times last night. The communities of Nikopol and Marhanets were bombed with heavy artillery. 75 shells were fired. No casualties were reported," said Reznichenko, "they were damaged. up to 20 houses, several gas pipelines and electricity transmission lines. About 3,000 households were left without electricity. Power services have been partially restored, but repairs are underway in the communities of Marhanets, Myrove and Tomkivka. "
Russia has probably used Iranian-made unmanned aerial vehicles in Ukraine for the first time: British intelligence from the Ministry of Defense said after Kiev reported shooting down a Shahed-136 drone yesterday.
The device is a "one-way attack" weapon, the Defense Ministry said in its morning report, and has been used in the Middle East.
The shooting down of the drone near the front line in Ukraine suggests that Russia is using weapons as a tactical rather than a strategic weapon, targeting military installations deeper into Ukrainian territory.
