It is an “urgent withdrawal”, according to the Ukrainian intelligence services. Intelligence officers, military commanders and Russian representatives began to leave Crimea, along with their families, previously secret from Kiev.
According to The Guardian, citing Ukrainian intelligence sourcesthe region began to be evacuated “quickly”, and Russian citizens are “secretly trying to sell their homes and urgently remove their relatives from the Russian-annexed peninsula” of Crimea. in 2014.
⚡️Ukrainian intelligence: Russian occupiers begin to leave Crimea, southern Ukraine, with their families.
An “urgent evacuation” of Russian proxies, intelligence officers and military commanders is underway, the chief intelligence directorate said.
– The Kiev Independent (@KyivIndependent) September 13, 2022
“The successful actions of the defenders of Ukraine force the so-called authorities of the temporarily occupied Crimea and the south of our country to urgently resettle their families on the territory of the Russian Federation,” reads a statement from the intelligence services of the Ministry of Defense Ukraine.
“Despite the guarantees given to the population that it is safe to remain on the peninsula, representatives of the Crimean occupation administration, FSB officials [Serviço de Segurança Federal Russo] and commanders of some military units are secretly trying to sell their homes and urgently remove their relatives from the peninsula,” Kiev intelligence officials said.
‼️Intruders urgently evacuate their families from Crimea and southern Ukraine
https://t.co/7WNoVZH19R pic.twitter.com/vIczAipg43
— Defense Intelligence Service of Ukraine (@DI_Ukraine) September 13, 2022
If the information released by the Ukrainian secretaries is confirmed, this withdrawal will follow Kiev’s counter-offensive.
Since September 6, Ukrainian forces have recaptured more than 300 villages in the Kharkiv region as a result of an offensive operation, retaking 3,800 square kilometers of Russian-occupied territory, Ukraine’s Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Maliar said.
On Monday, Ukrainian troops said they had regained territory in the east and south of the country with offensives against Russian forces.
“The liberation of cities under the control of Russian invaders continues in the regions of Kharkiv and Donetsk,” in the east of the country, the Ukrainian army announced.
Across the frontline, Ukrainian forces managed to drive the enemy out of more than 20 locations within 24 hours, says a statement. “Russian troops hastily abandon their positions and flee,” the statement said.
Ukraine announced that it has reclaimed nearly 3,000 square kilometers of its territory since the beginning of September, mainly in the Kharkiv region.
Ukraine also claimed the recapture of 500 square kilometers in a two-week counter-offensive in the Kherson region (south). In this region, “occupiers have also left their positions in several places”, the Ukrainian army announced on Sunday.
News updated at 6:53 PM
Source: DN
