{"id":1638452,"date":"2022-09-10T15:33:24","date_gmt":"2022-09-10T19:33:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1638452"},"modified":"2022-09-10T15:50:55","modified_gmt":"2022-09-10T19:50:55","slug":"ukrainian-forces-retake-key-military-stronghold-after-five-months-of-russian-occupation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukrainian-forces-retake-key-military-stronghold-after-five-months-of-russian-occupation\/","title":{"rendered":"Ukrainian forces retake key military stronghold after five months of Russian occupation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fukrainian-forces-retake-key-military-stronghold-after-five-months-of-russian-occupation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1638452&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"RichTextArticleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense-national-security\/ukraine-outsmarted-russia-us-artillery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ukraine&#8217;s military<\/a> <span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">r<\/span>egained territory on Saturday in the city of Izium after Russian forces retreated from the area, retaking a key military stronghold after <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/war-in-ukraine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more than five months<\/a> of Russian occupation. <\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian military was seen outside the city via videos on Telegram, and an official involved with the operation <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/09\/10\/europe\/ukraine-kharkiv-advances-intl-hnk\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">confirmed to CNN<\/a> that several units had entered the city. The news comes hours after it was reported by the Bohun Brigade of the Land Forces of Ukraine that Russian forces \u201cescaped and left weapons and ammo behind.\u201d <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense-national-security\/ukraine-outsmarted-russia-us-artillery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">UKRAINIAN FORCES \u2018OUTSMARTED THE RUSSIANS\u2019 WITH US ARTILLERY<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<figure class=\"Figure mb-1 mb-sm-3 mb-md-1 article-lead-photo data_invisible\" data-align=\"center\" data-image-size=\"fixed\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<div class=\"Figure-container\"><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\" \/><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\" \/><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\" \/><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\" \/><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\" \/><source data-image-size=\"1060x600\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\" alt=\"Russia Ukraine War\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/10155021\/90-234 1x, https:\/\/mediadc.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/2e25294\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/6647x4432+0+0\/resize\/2120x1414!\/quality\/90\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fmediadc-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fe7%2Fb4%2F6270b0e047a395a2f1da8dfd1205%2Fap22252494686332.jpg 2x\" width=\"1060\" height=\"707\" src=\"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/10155021\/90-234\" \/><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\" itemprop=\"caption\">\n                Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky (center) reacts after his press conference in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sept. 9, 2022.<br \/>\n               <\/figcaption><div class=\"Figure-credit\" itemprop=\"author\">\n                (AP Photo\/Efrem Lukatsky)\n               <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cTroops are moving forward. They are not only gaining back territory but liberating people,\u201d said German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/world\/2022\/09\/10\/ukraine-kharkiv-russia-retreat-izyum\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on Saturday<\/a>. \u201cI think it\u2019s really a moment of hope, even though maybe it\u2019s a small moment of hope. This is what we need.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The news also comes after the Ukrainian military had already recaptured the town of Kupysank, which is located roughly 30 miles north of Izium. The wins in the two cities mark a strategic victory for Ukrainian officials after they launched an offensive through the Kharkiv region earlier this week. <\/p>\n<p><b><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/b> <\/p>\n<p>The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed it had pulled its forces out of the cities of Balakliya and Izium on Saturday, <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/russia-makes-major-retreat-regroup-153908734.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">seeking to \u201cregroup\u201d<\/a> in order to \u201cachieve the goals of the special military operation.\u201d Despite the offensive wins from Ukraine, Russia occupies several important cities, including Mariupol, Zaporizhzhia, Melitopol, and Kherson. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cA sign of victory for me will be boarding a plane in Kharkiv and landing in Mariupol,\u201d said Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov on Saturday, maintaining the country would not claim victory until the war is over.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ukraine&#8217;s military regained territory on Saturday in the city of Izium after Russian forces retreated from the area, retaking a key military stronghold after more than five months of Russian occupation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1638454,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1638452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1638452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1638452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1638452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1638454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1638452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1638452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1638452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}