• For full details of graphics available/in preparation, see Menu -> Planners
 Leste de Kharkiv evacuado sob ameaça russa infographic
A infografia mostra as áreas reconquistadas pela Ucrânia em setembro de 2022 e as áreas que estão a ser evacuadas.
GN44707PT

UCRÂNIA

Arredores de Kupiansk evacuados sob ameaça russa

By Phil Bainbridge

August 11, 2023 - As autoridades ucranianas ordenaram a evacuação obrigatória de 12.000 civis na zona leste da região de Kharkiv onde as forças russas parecem tentar recapturar a cidade estratégica de Kupyansk, que perderam em setembro de 2022.

Ukrainian forces made sweeping territorial gains in a lightning counter-offensive in the northeastern Kharkiv region, handing Russia its most serious military defeat since its troops were driven back from Kyiv in spring 2022.

Now Russia has formed eight Storm-Z assault detachments, formed by recruiting convicts from prisons, with the apparent aim of recapturing the territory, initially focussing on the strategic city of Kupyansk. Around 12,000 civilians are beng evacuated from 37 towns and villages in Kupyansk Raion which is under intense artillery bombardment.

Sources
PUBLISHED: 11/08/2023; STORY: Graphic News
Advertisement