Turning point in the Ukraine war?
Russian troops flee – Lavrov talks about negotiations
Created: 09/11/2022, 16:04
By: Helena Gries, Teresa Toth, Karolin Schäfer, Moritz Serif, Diana Rissmann, Nadja Austel, Vincent Büssow, Nail Akkoyun, Lucas Maier
Ukrainian troops continue to advance.
Russia is withdrawing its troops in many places - including in the north of Kharkiv.
The news ticker on Sunday.
US experts say Russian advance
in Donbass has failed.
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's note: You can read all the news about the Ukraine conflict in this news ticker.
Some of the information comes from warring factions in the Ukraine war and cannot be checked directly and independently.
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The Russian military is withdrawing in many places due to the counter-offensive.
Now the Russian leadership has promised negotiations with Kyiv.
"Russia does not oppose negotiations with Ukraine, but the longer the process is delayed, the more difficult it becomes to reach an agreement," Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on state television.
Despite the numerous defeats suffered by the Russian military, Russia is setting tough conditions for peace.
For example, Ukraine should forgo joining NATO and agree to the surrender of several areas, including Donetsk and Luhansk.
Turning point in the Ukraine war?
Russian troops flee
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According to the Ukrainian military, after the Russian troops withdraw from the Luhansk region, they are now also leaving the northern part of the Kharkiv region.
According to media reports, residents in the town of Kozacha Lopan, which had been occupied by Russian units since the war of aggression began in late February, raised the Ukrainian flag.
In the course of the counter-offensive, Ukrainian soldiers have already recaptured numerous areas.
© Leo Correa/dpa
Moscow justifies the withdrawal by saying that units in the neighboring Donetsk region are to be reinforced.
However, the majority of experts assume that the Ukrainian advance in Kharkiv put Russia under so much pressure that they had to flee the area.
According to the Ukrainian army command, the military has recaptured more than 3,000 square kilometers of Russian-occupied territory since the beginning of September.
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Ukraine News: Russian advance failed according to US experts
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The advance planned by Russia on the Donbass from the north has failed, US experts claim.
The Ukrainian armed forces have regained more territory in five days than the Russian troops have occupied since April.
"The liberation of Izyum will be Ukraine's greatest military success since the victory in the Battle of Kyiv in March," said the Institute for the Study of the War (ISW) in its analysis of the situation.
Since the beginning of the war, the think tank in Washington has regularly published analyzes of the fighting in Ukraine.
Turning point in the Ukraine war?
Russian occupiers flee Luhansk
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Russian occupiers flee from the Luhansk region, which has been occupied since 2014.
This is reported by the Belarusian opposition media
Nexta
, citing statements by the region's Ukrainian military governor, Serhiy Haidai.
"According to reports, the attackers began to flee en masse from occupied Luhansk and Alchevsk,"
Nexta wrote
on Twitter.
Meanwhile, according to information from Kyiv, the Ukrainian army is continuing to recapture Russian-held territory in eastern Ukraine.
"The liberation of settlements in the Kupyansk and Izyum districts is in progress," the Ukrainian armed forces said.
So far, the troops have managed to recapture 30 towns in the eastern Ukrainian region of Kharkiv.
Turning point in the Ukraine war?
Selenskyj becomes clear: "Circumstances have changed"
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The counter-offensive by the Ukrainian military continues.
British military intelligence reports that troops are making great advances in the Kharkiv region to the east.
"In the past 24 hours, Ukrainian forces have continued to make significant advances in the Kharkiv region," the statement said on Twitter.
It is assumed that the Russian military has withdrawn many of its units.
However, according to British military experts, fighting continues in the vicinity of the cities of Kupyansk and Izyum.
"Fighting continues around the strategically important cities."
Turning point in the Ukraine war?
Selenskyj becomes clear: "Circumstances have changed"
Update from Sunday, September 11, 7:50 a.m.:
According to several media reports, Ukraine's counter-offensive is making good progress.
The Task Force South reported on Saturday (September 10) that several areas occupied by Russian troops had been recaptured.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy also addressed this in his video address on Saturday: “In the past few days, the Russian army has shown us its best side – its backside.”
Meanwhile, Zelenskyy emphasizes that he now sees it as completely impossible to negotiate with Russia about the end of the war.
This is what the President of Ukraine said during the annual Yalta European Strategy (YES) conference.
This took place from September 9th to 11th in Kyiv and around 70 politicians, diplomats, businessmen, activists and experts from around 20 countries took part.
Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock also made a surprise trip to Kyiv on Saturday.
News in the Ukraine war: Selenskyj becomes clear - "Our circumstances and abilities have changed"
Zelenskyi stressed at the conference that he does not believe that the Russian side will keep any of their promises.
He also said that the Ukrainians do not want to negotiate with terrorists and was confident that they could also end the war militarily: "We want to end the war, but our circumstances and capabilities have changed." that Russia must withdraw completely from Ukraine and stop behaving like terrorists.
News in the Ukraine war: Ukraine has recaptured 2000 square kilometers of occupied territory
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In the course of the major Ukrainian offensive, Ukraine has recaptured about 2000 square kilometers in areas previously occupied by Russia in the past ten days, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his daily video address.
On Saturday evening, the Ukrainian head of state thanked all the soldiers who were involved in the recaptures in the Kharkiv region in the east of the country.
Russia had previously announced its withdrawal from the region (
see update from 6:43 p.m.
).
According to Zelensky, the Russian army made a good decision by fleeing.
"Occupiers have no place in Ukraine and will not have one."
News about the Ukraine war: Defenders are apparently planning the next major offensive
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Ukraine is said to be launching a “multi-stage offensive” to liberate the contested Donetsk region, reported
Ukraine reporters
on the short message service Twitter, citing Russian media reports.
There would be fighting near the city of the same name in the area of the airport.
In addition, a gathering of Ukrainian troops was observed in several places south and north of the city.
The Ukrainian defenders also launched a major offensive in the Kharkiv region.
Russian troops are now said to be withdrawing from there due to the growing pressure.
As a result of a Russian shelling in the former metropolis on Saturday, one person was killed and two others injured, Ukraine said.
Russia hit the western district of the city with two rockets and damaged several residential buildings, Kharkiv mayor Ihor Terekhov said.
News about the Ukraine war: Russia announces withdrawal from Kharkiv
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Due to the Ukrainian counter-offensive, Russia wants to withdraw its troops from eastern Ukraine.
Officially, it was said from Moscow that with the withdrawal, the regrouping of the units in the adjacent Donetsk region should be strengthened.
There, the Russian armed forces are to make land gains on Putin's orders by September 15.
However, experts assume that Russia has come under heavy pressure from the massive advance of the Ukrainian defenders in the Kharkiv region.
Large-scale counter-offensives have also been launched by Ukraine using Western weapons.
The Russian occupiers in the eastern Ukrainian region of Kharkiv are now calling on all residents of the places they have previously controlled to flee.
"I once again recommend all residents of the Kharkiv region to leave the region to protect their lives and health," said the head of the Russian military administration, Vitaly Gantchev, on Saturday, according to the TASS agency.
"Staying in his house now is dangerous."
News about the Ukraine war: Russia moves troops
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Under pressure from Ukrainian counter-offensives, Russia has announced the relocation of troops in eastern Ukraine.
Soldiers should be withdrawn from the Kharkiv region, for example from the strategically important city of Izyum, the spokesman for the Ministry of Defense said in Moscow on Saturday.
The Ukrainian side had previously reported successful recaptures in the Kharkiv region.
Ukraine-News: Counter-offensive forces Russian army to move troops - admitted losses
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Several Russian sources report that the Russian armed forces have withdrawn from the city of Izyum in eastern Ukraine that they have occupied.
The news site Readovka writes that the Russian army has been forced to leave Izyum because of the Ukrainian counter-offensive.
So far there has been no independent confirmation of the withdrawal.
If Ukraine managed to recapture Izyum, it would be a great achievement for the Ukrainian army.
Since the occupation at the end of March, the city has been considered one of the most important strongholds of the Russian occupying forces in eastern Ukraine.
Meanwhile, Ukraine has confirmed the recapture of the strategically important city of Kupyansk in the Kharkiv region.
The regional council publishes photos on Facebook showing Ukrainian soldiers in front of the town hall with the Ukrainian flag.
Natalia Popova, Advisor to the President of the Council, writes: “Kupyansk is Ukraine.
Honor to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.”
Ukraine War: Ukraine retakes strategically important city
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According to British findings, after Ukrainian forces threatened the Russian occupiers in the small town of Kupjansk in the Kharkiv region, they are said to have recaptured the place.
Ukrainian media published a photo showing several soldiers with a Ukrainian flag.
Kupyansk is on the Russian supply lines to the Donbass front in eastern Ukraine and is therefore of particular strategic importance.
Citing members of regional and local government,
Ukrayinska Pravda
wrote : "The Ukrainian armed forces have liberated Kupyansk." So far, there is no official confirmation.
If the place was actually recaptured, that would be a severe blow to Russia.
Ukraine War: Ukraine launches counter-offensive in north-east
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“Ukrainian units have taken or surrounded several places.” As the British Ministry of Defense announced in London on Saturday (September 10), citing intelligence findings, Ukrainian troops have launched a counterattack on Russia.
The Ukrainian spearheads have meanwhile advanced on a narrow front in the north-east up to 50 kilometers into previously Russian-occupied territory.
Since there were hardly any Russian troops in the area, the ministry assumes that they were "apparently surprised".
Russian forces around the city of Izyum are increasingly isolated and Ukrainian soldiers are advancing on the city of Kupyansk.
"Their capture would be a significant blow to Russia because the supply lines for the Donbass front pass here," London said.
Ukrainian attacks also continued in the Kherson region.
"The Russian defensive is under pressure on both its northern and southern flanks," the ministry said.
Ukraine war: Massive explosions in southern Ukraine - Russia sends more troops
Update from Saturday, September 10, 7:22 a.m.:
Russia has apparently sent 1,300 Chechen fighters to Kherson to support Russian troops in the heavily contested Donetsk region, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Army reported on Saturday (September 10).
According to their own statements, the Ukrainian armed forces have recaptured numerous areas in the region in southern Ukraine.
According to a Facebook post by the Ukrainian General Staff at 6 a.m. Saturday morning, Russian forces are defending the occupied areas of Kherson, parts of Kharkiv, Zaporizhia and Mykolaiv.
There have again been numerous airstrikes in the region.
Among other things, the mayor of Melitopol, Ivan Fedorov, reported via Telegram on Friday evening (September 9) of explosions and shots in the partially occupied city.
He was combative: "The Ukrainian army wishes the occupiers a 'good night'," wrote Fedorov on Telegram.
News in the Ukraine war: Russia wants to evacuate Kharkiv region
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After the liberation of the city of Balaklija by Ukrainian troops, Russia announced on Friday that the Kharkiv region would be “evacuated” soon.
This was reported by the Russian news agency TASS, citing the regional administrator in the Kupyansk district, Maksim Gubin, appointed by Russia.
Gubin said they wanted to "evacuate" the population for at least three or four days until the situation was "stabilized".
Just a few days ago, the UN Security Council accused Russia of having kidnapped hundreds of thousands of people from Ukraine to Russia.
According to information from the US think tank Institute for the Study of War (ISW), experts are currently assuming that the Ukrainian armed forces will also liberate the city of Kupjansk, which had a population of 30,000 before the war, over the course of the weekend.
This would massively affect a number of Russian supply routes in eastern Ukraine.
News about the Ukraine war: Russia sends reinforcements to Kharkiv
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Russia continues its attacks on Ukrainian bases.
The soldiers are entrenched in the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, the
Kyiv Independent
reports .
Kyiv accuses the Kremlin of using the nuclear power plant as a protective shield.
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The Ukrainian counter-offensive means that Russia’s war of aggression is entering a “critical phase” from the point of view of NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg.
Thanks to support from NATO countries, Ukrainian armed forces were recently able to stop Moscow's offensive in the Donbass and retake territory, the Norwegian said at a press conference with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday (September 9).
The solidarity of the West should not let up despite the energy crisis and rising living costs.
News about the Ukraine war: Kyiv successful with counter-offensive
Update from Friday, September 9th, 5.20 a.m .:
The Ukrainian army claims to have penetrated deep into the rear of the Russian occupying forces in its counter-offensive in the east of the country.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed on Thursday evening the recapture of the district town of Balakliya in the Kharkiv region.
The army has liberated more than 1,000 square kilometers of Ukraine since early September, he said in his video address.
"As part of ongoing defensive operations, our heroes have already liberated dozens of settlements," he said.
"Ukraine is and will be free," he promised.
However, according to earlier reports, Russian troops occupied around 125,000 square kilometers in Ukraine.
That's one fifth of the country's territory, including the Crimean Peninsula.
Zelenskyi imposes further sanctions on Russia
First report from Thursday, September 8, 7:35 a.m.:
The Ukrainian army seems to be making progress in its counterattack against the Russian invaders in the east of the country.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his video address on Wednesday (September 7) that there was "good news from the Kharkiv region".
According to reports from Russian war correspondents, the Ukrainian army has successfully advanced near the town of Balaklija and has recaptured several towns.
As a political threat to Moscow, Ukraine imposed sanctions on 606 members of the Russian leadership.
"You are responsible for Russia's war against Ukraine," said Zelenskyy.
Of the 32 members of Russia's Security Council chaired by President Vladimir Putin, 28 were put on Ukraine's criminal list.
The German Press Agency (dpa)
reports that there are 424 of the 450 deputies in the Russian State Duma and 154 of the 170 senators in the Federation Council
.
Zelenskyj gave no details on the sanctions.
Ukraine has started to enforce the penalties legally, politically and diplomatically.
(nak/na/hg/vbu/kas with dpa/afp)
