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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
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Kyiv Post Kyiv Independent UNIAN Institute for the Study of War Ukrainska Pravda Ukrinform

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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) Kharkiv region (location) Russian forces (military_unit) Roman Ratushny (person) 93rd separate mechanized brigade Kholodny Yar (military_unit) Khortytsia Operational Strategic Group (military_unit) National Guard of Ukraine (organization) Redut (military_unit) Amur (person) 107th Separate Brigade of the Territorial Defense 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

Institute for the Study of War → Source tone: uncertain

Russian forces repelled a Ukrainian offensive near Ruski Tyshky

Ukrainska Pravda → Source tone: certain

The second was in September of the same year when almost all of the seized territory in Kharkiv Oblast was liberated

Ukrinform → Source tone: uncertain

After expelling enemy from Kharkiv Oblast in 2022, NGU brigade held defensive line of about 70km

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

Source story: 26402