Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has confirmed that the Ukrainian army has recaptured the strategic city of Izyum, located in eastern Ukraine, from Russian forces as part of a wide-ranging counterattack, Sky News Arabia reports. In Ukraine, thanks to Ukrainian forces that “liberated hundreds of our cities and towns… and and, finally, Balakleya, Izyum and Kobyansk”, referring to the three strategic regions recently recaptured by the Ukrainian army.