Ukrainian forces retake Russian-held territory near Kharkiv – report

A psychiatric hospital heavily damaged after a Russian attack in Kramatorsk, Ukraine (Leo Correa/AP)

Ukrainian forces in the northeastern region of Kharkiv have retaken portions of Russian-held territory there as a Ukrainian counteroffensive in the south has drained some of Moscow’s resources in the area, according to a newly released report.

Ukrainian forces in the Kharkiv region were “likely exploiting Russian force reallocation” to areas near the occupied city of Kherson in the south “to conduct an opportunistic yet highly effective counteroffensive” in the province, Washington-based think tank the Institute for the Study of War said.