Sahara Reporters
Ukrainian defence officials have announced the recapturing of the eastern city of Chuhuiv by its army.
According to the Ukrainian General Staff, the defending forces seized the city from the Russians and inflicted heavy losses on President Vladimir Putin’s men in both personnel and equipment.
“In the course of hostilities, the city of Chuhuiv was liberated. The occupiers suffered heavy losses in personnel and equipment,” the General Staff said in an operational update on Facebook.
The Ukrainian army also claimed to have killed two high-ranking Russian military commanders: Lt. Col. Dmitry Safronov, commander of the 61st Separate Marine Brigade of the Russian Armed Forces, and Lt. Col. Denis Glebov, deputy commander of the 11th Separate Airborne Assault Brigade, according to Newsweek.
Chuhuiv is a strategic city of 31,000 people located 23 miles from Kharkiv, the second biggest city in Ukraine which has been subjected to intense bombardment.
Chuhuiv was among the first places to report damage caused by shelling after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24…
