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Hivi, Putin ana lipi lakuwaambia Warusi, kwamba vifo vya wanajeshi wao havikua na umuhimu wowote maana walichokua wameiba kimrejeshwa kizembe sana tena ndani ya siku chache tu...
Justin Bronk of the Royal United Services Institute (Rusi) told the BBC that Russian positions in Kharkiv had suffered a "total collapse."
The Russian withdrawal was, he said, "certainly the most dramatic reverse that we've seen from the Russians since they retreated from Kyiv in April".
The ISW said Ukraine now controls almost all of the Kharkiv region and the advance had ended the prospect that Russia could capture the whole of Donbas in the current stage of the war.
Previously, Russian officials had said their forces were fighting for the "complete liberation" of the Donbas, which broadly refers to Ukraine's eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, where Russian-backed separatists held significant territory before the invasion.
Reports suggest that Russian positions are also under attack in Lyman, to the east of Slovyansk.
Justin Bronk of the Royal United Services Institute (Rusi) told the BBC that Russian positions in Kharkiv had suffered a "total collapse."
The Russian withdrawal was, he said, "certainly the most dramatic reverse that we've seen from the Russians since they retreated from Kyiv in April".
The ISW said Ukraine now controls almost all of the Kharkiv region and the advance had ended the prospect that Russia could capture the whole of Donbas in the current stage of the war.
Previously, Russian officials had said their forces were fighting for the "complete liberation" of the Donbas, which broadly refers to Ukraine's eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk, where Russian-backed separatists held significant territory before the invasion.
Reports suggest that Russian positions are also under attack in Lyman, to the east of Slovyansk.
Ukraine war in maps: Tracking the Russian invasion
Ukrainian counter-attacks have broken through Russian lines in the Kharkiv region.
www.bbc.com