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Ukrainian forces reclaimed Izyum in September 2022 during a lightning counteroffensive after Russian troops had occupied the city early in the war.

Izyum, Kharkiv Oblast
Likely Reported by 3 independent sources
Kyiv Post Kyiv Independent UNIAN

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Ukrainian forces (military_unit) Russia (organization) Izium (location) Izyum (location) Kharkiv Oblast (location) Ukraine (organization) Russian Armed Forces (military_unit) Ukrainian army (organization) Oleksandr Syrskyi (person) Armed Forces of Ukraine (organization) Russian military (military_unit) Kherson Oblast (location) Ukrainian Armed Forces (military_unit)

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Kyiv Post → Source tone: certain

Izyum was reclaimed by Ukrainian forces in September 2022, after being occupied by Russia in the first months of the war.

Kyiv Independent → Source tone: certain

Ukrainian army liberated Izium in September 2022

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

AFU pushed Russian forces back in Kharkiv Oblast in 2022

UNIAN → Source tone: certain

AFU pushed Russian forces back in Kherson Oblast in 2022

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Extracted: 2026-02-16T21:57:11.665Z

Source story: 26402