The commander of the United Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Serhiy Naev, told how the

Armed Forces of

Ukraine made a trap for the armed forces in the Kharkiv region.  

The 1st and 20th armies of the Russian Federation were deployed in the Izyum direction, they tried to break through the defense of the Armed Forces, enter the Donetsk region and capture Slovyansk, then surround our groups in the Luhansk and Donetsk regions. 

"It was decided to form a fire "bag" in the Izyum direction, and the enemy tried to advance to this fire "pocket", advancing with battalions, companies, and then, due to our resistance, he already advanced with formations, detachments, groups of infantry, but his attacks did not stop. This defense lasted for more than three months, the enemy lost up to 10 battalion-tactical groups during this offensive operation," Nayev said.

However, the enemy, realizing that he could not pass there, began to transfer his forces from the Kharkiv direction to other directions.

When the enemy forces first crossed the water obstacle - the Siverskyi Donets River and appeared in Bilogorivka, the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhnyi set a clear task - to knock the enemy out of Bilogorivka.

"Within an hour, I was told that the bridge was destroyed. For five days, the occupiers tried to continue their forcing. For four days, the occupiers tried to establish crossings - they were destroyed. The enemy realized that he could not hold on there and began to withdraw. in five days of such active actions, about 100 units of enemy equipment were destroyed. It became clear that they will no longer go in that direction," summed up the commander of the United Forces of the Armed Forces.

Counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

The Kharkiv direction is strategically important

for the overall situation at the front.

Due to the defeat there, the Russian army is forced to regroup its troops and forces.

According to paratroopers of the 25th separate Sicheslav Airborne Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, who were liberating Kharkiv Oblast, the

occupiers, fleeing, left behind their wounded comrades and equipment

, and even shot one of their wounded.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine are also actively advancing on Khersonyshchyna.

At the beginning of October, soldiers of the 129th Terrodefense Brigade from Kryvyi Rih

liberated Arkhangelsk and Myrolyubivka.

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