The Ukrainian Armed Forces launched a counterattack near Izium, said a representative of the Operational Headquarters of the Odessa Regional Military Administration, Sergei Bratchuk, Report informs.
"We counterattacked near Izium. As a result of an active counter-offensive by the Ukrainian military, the opposite side suffered casualties in the settlements of Topolskoye, Shpakovka, Donetsk and retreated," he wrote on Facebook.