Zelenskyy visits recaptured Izyum

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy visits the recaptured town of Izyum after Kyiv’s troops expelled Russian troops from swaths of territory The Kremlin says Kyiv’s ongoing ambitions to join NATO still present a threat to Russia’s security The front line in eastern Ukraine is approaching the borders of the self-proclaimed, Russia-backed Luhansk People’s Republic according to a military commander in the breakaway region