Ukrainian flag in Izzyum, Zelensky participates in the liberated city

Russian forces left Izumi last week, after a lightning counterensive Ukrainian recapitalised large parts of the northeastern Kharkiv region.

Zelensky, with his hand in his heart, looked and sang the national anthem, while the flag was raised in front of a burnt building of a municipality.

Russian forces withdrew from Bucha, near Kiev, early in the war. The city came to global attention after civilians, many showing signs of torture, were found thrown onto the street.

Prosecutors said they have found six victims with traces of torture in recently recovered villages in the Kharkiv region.

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