After the recent retreat suffered by Russian forces in Ukraine and the loss of territory to Saleh Ukrainian forcesThe Russian parliament is considering summoning Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu for questioning behind closed doors.
The senior vice president of the Russian parliament, Sergei Mironov, revealed that the State Duma will discuss the matter next Monday, according to the Russian newspaper “Kommersant”, today, Thursday.
Mironov tweeted Wednesday that his “Russia Only” party had proposed holding a meeting with Shoigu “so that deputies could talk to him behind closed doors and ask any questions that concern us and the citizens.”
Kharkiv lost
Interestingly, Russian forces were publicly criticized by military commentators this week after losing control of much of Ukraine’s Kharkiv region due to a lightning advance by Ukrainian forces.
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Map published by the Russian Ministry of Defense
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The map of the Kharkiv region, presented last Sunday by the Russian Defense Ministry during its daily briefing, showed a large withdrawal of the Russian army from this region.
The map shown in the briefing video released by the ministry indicated that the Russian army no longer controls, on Sunday, only a small part of the territory located in the eastern part of the Kharkiv region behind the Oskol River.
Russian withdrawal
On Saturday, the Russian army announced that it had “withdrawn” its forces from the Balaklya and Izyum regions of eastern Ukraine, where Kiev reported progress in its counter-offensive, with the aim of “regrouping” them near Donetsk, one of the capital of pro-Russian separatists.
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A Russian tank destroyed in Kharkiv (Reuters)
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Interestingly, control of urban centers such as Kobyansk and Izyum could be a major blow to Russia’s ability to supply supplies to its front-line positions in the east, which would greatly reduce Russian control over eastern Ukraine, after major progress has been made. from Moscow last spring, before its progress dwindled this summer, amid large international support for Kiev with advanced equipment and weapons.
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