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Russian troops regrouped from Balakleya and Izyum areas to Donetsk region

10 September 2022 18:56 (UTC +04:00)

Russian troops are regrouped from the Balakliya and Izyum areas to the Donetsk region., APA's Moscow correspondent reports citing the Russian Defense Ministry.

"The regrouping of troops in the areas of Izyum and Balakleya is necessary to build up efforts in the Donetsk direction to achieve the goals of the special operation. So the retreat from the two cities was explained by the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation," as the official representative of the department, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, told reporters.

He said that the operation to curtail and transfer the Izyum-Balakley group of troops to the territory of the DPR was carried out within three days.