Svyatogorsk went under the control of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Ukrainian military entered the rear forces defending the estuary. The results of the fourth day of the offensive

The General Staff of Ukraine said that the divisions of Russian troops on the northern bank of the Dnieper are negotiating their positions and weapons. It is not known whether it is local surrender or general.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine inflicted a large operational defeat of Russia, having conquered almost the entire Kharkov region in a rapid counterattack, according to the summary of the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW). In six days of the offensive, Ukrainian troops completely eliminated the Izyum ledge and supplanted the Russian units in the east beyond the banks of Oskol, and in the north - beyond the state border.

“The current counterattack will not put an end to the war. Sooner or later, it will end, and Russia will be able to build a defense - and even, perhaps, start local counterattacks. The war, most likely, will last until 2023. However, Ukraine broke the context of the conflict and took the initiative into its own hands. Now Kyiv can impose places and the nature of the battles to Moscow, ”the institute’s report says.

Earlier it was reported that Ukraine regained control of territories with an area of ​​3 thousand square meters. km - this is more than Russia captured, calculated the American Institute for the Study of War. By the evening of September 11, at least 40 settlements of the Kharkov region were released. The Ukrainian military approached the border with Russia.

Also on September 12, Russian troops fired at Kharkov twice. Due to shelling, the city lost light and water for several hours, the metro stopped. At about 13 p.m., shells fell in the base and Kiev regions of the city, one died and six people were injured, the head of the Kharkov regional administration Oleg Sinegubov said . About five in the evening the city was fired a second time. The shells fell into a densely populated area, next to which there are no military facilities, the mayor Igor Terekhov said . The victims are not yet known.

This is the third shelling per day, on September 11 in the evening, Russian troops fired at the TPP-5-one of the largest energy stations in Ukraine. In several areas, electricity disappeared, four CHP employees died.

The counterattack, begun by the Armed Forces of the Armed Forces in the Kharkov direction, will probably move to the right bank of the Dnieper, to the Zaporizhzhya region, suggested in a conversation with The Insider a military expert and APU colonel Roman Svitan. However, according to him, it is impossible to predict what tactics Ukrainian troops will adhere to: the mechanisms of their actions are too non -standard.