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Maps released by Russian officials on Tuesday show the rapid withdrawal of Russian forces from areas in southern and eastern Ukraine, where they are facing heavy pressure from a Ukrainian counteroffensive.
In one Explanation The Russian Defense Ministry released several maps daily showing the location of military offensives on Ukrainian territory. While there was no mention of troop withdrawals, various media outlets pointed to the shadowy area — that of Russian military control. Significantly lower than the previous day.
According to the report, the images were later posted on social media by Rybar, one of the few Russian military information sources. Sky News. Blue areas are under Ukrainian control, red areas are controlled by Russia and separatist authorities in Donetsk and Luhansk. Dashed areas represent the combat zone.
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October 4, 2022, as of 3:00 p.m. Kyiv time pic.twitter.com/CIMouwOsFq— Rybar in English (@rybar_en) October 4, 2022
Maps show that Russian troops no longer control the town of Datsani, located on the west bank of the Dnipro River in Kherson region (south), as Ukraine’s armed forces press to retake the territory.
Indeed, on Monday, the Russian-appointed regional head of Kherson already acknowledged the Ukrainian military’s advance. “It’s tense,” Vladimir Zalto told Russian state television. “There is an area on the banks of the Dnipro river called Datsani, and in that area, there have been developments,” explained.
As you mention ReutersMaps just published refer to Kherson The Russian line of control on the right bank of the Dnipro River appears to have moved 25 kilometers to the south.
In the Kharkiv area (northeast), the maps show that the Russians left their positions on the west bank of the Oskil River. Leading 70 kilometers south of Kubiansk along the Oskil River, The army would have retreated 20 kilometers to the eastto the Luhansk border.
The move meant that the Russian army left the last occupied areas of Kharkiv, except for a small area between the town of Dvorichna and the Russian border.
Both regions are areas where Ukraine has advanced, albeit in a limited manner. Ukraine’s president highlighted on Tuesday that Ukrainian forces were making “rapid and powerful” advances in the country’s south, where dozens of locations in four regions recently annexed by Moscow had been recaptured this week. “Dozens of places have been destroyed this week alone” in southern and eastern Ukraine, he said.
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