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The Kyiv Court of Appeal has released Lieutenant General Artur Horbenko from a detention facility and placed him under house arrest until March 20, online newspaper Ukrainian Pravda reported on Feb. 27, citing his lawyer Maksym Tkhorivsky. <\/p>\n

Horbenko, along with General Yurii Halushkin and Colonel Illia Lapin, was arrested<\/a> on Jan. 21 on charges of mismanaging Ukraine’s defense in Kharkiv Oblast during Russia’s cross-border offensive<\/a> in May 2024.<\/p>\n

Horbenko is suspected of negligence in military service.<\/p>\n

The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU<\/a>) accused<\/a> the three officers of failing to properly fortify the region and use all available resources to repel Russian forces.<\/p>\n

Russia’s offensive into northeastern Kharkiv Oblast<\/a> saw rapid advances of several kilometers, prompting criticism of military and regional leadership for inadequate defensive preparations. <\/p>\n

Although Ukrainian forces eventually stalled<\/a> the Russian advance roughly 25 kilometers (15 miles) north of Kharkiv, the initial breach raised concerns over strategic failures.<\/p>\n

Halushkin was accused of assigning<\/a> inadequate defensive positions to the 125th Territorial Defense Brigade, which was under Horbenko’s command, and failing to provide sufficient artillery and air support.<\/p>\n

While Horbenko will remain under house arrest, the status of the other detained officers remains unchanged.<\/p>\n

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Russian troops \u2018bogged down\u2019 near Pokrovsk, Ukrainian military claims<\/div>\n
\u201cI am not saying that Ukrainian forces caught some second, third, or 100th and 500th breath… But Russian troops have indeed begun to show some physical, moral, and material exhaustion,\u201d said Viktor Trehubov, a spokesperson for Ukraine\u2019s Khortytsia group of forces.<\/div>\n
\"GeneralThe Kyiv Independent<\/span>Kateryna Denisova<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
\"General<\/div>\n

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– https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/ukraine\/rss\/<\/p>\n

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