{"id":388561,"date":"2026-10-16T16:00:22","date_gmt":"2026-10-16T15:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-eastern-ukrainian-city-of-izium-is-one-of-the-last-functioning-cities-close-to-the-frontline\/"},"modified":"2026-10-16T16:00:22","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T15:00:22","slug":"the-eastern-ukrainian-city-of-izium-is-one-of-the-last-functioning-cities-close-to-the-frontline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-eastern-ukrainian-city-of-izium-is-one-of-the-last-functioning-cities-close-to-the-frontline\/","title":{"rendered":"The eastern Ukrainian city of Izium is one of the last functioning cities close to the frontline."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/F7cdXDbZMrY\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"The eastern Ukrainian city of Izium is one of the last functioning cities close to the frontline.\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/F7cdXDbZMrY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The eastern Ukrainian city of Izium is one of the last functioning cities close to the frontline. ITV News International Editor Emma Murphy has travelled there and witnessed how the city and its people survive amidst a continual Russian bombardment. Deputy Mayor Volodymyr Matsokin remembers the five month occupation in 2022 with horror saying, \u201cWhat the Russians did to our city was simply unimaginable. And the main thing is not even the destruction we see here, but the fact that local residents experienced absolute brutality: torture, abuse, killings and rape.&quot;<br \/>\n#ukraine  #ukrainewar #ukrainenews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The eastern Ukrainian city of Izium is one of the last functioning cities close to the frontline. ITV News International Editor Emma Murphy has travelled there and witnessed how the city and its people survive amidst a continual Russian bombardment. Deputy Mayor Volodymyr Matsokin remembers the five month occupation in 2022 with horror saying, \u201cWhat [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":388562,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128812],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-388561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-itv-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The eastern Ukrainian city of Izium is one of the last functioning cities close to the frontline. | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch The eastern Ukrainian city of Izium is one of the last functioning cities close to the frontline. for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-eastern-ukrainian-city-of-izium-is-one-of-the-last-functioning-cities-close-to-the-frontline\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The eastern Ukrainian city of Izium is one of the last functioning cities close to the frontline. | News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Watch The eastern Ukrainian city of Izium is one of the last functioning cities close to the frontline. for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-eastern-ukrainian-city-of-izium-is-one-of-the-last-functioning-cities-close-to-the-frontline\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-10-16T15:00:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/F7cdXDbZMrY\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/the-eastern-ukrainian-city-of-izium-is-one-of-the-last-functioning-cities-close-to-the-frontline\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/the-eastern-ukrainian-city-of-izium-is-one-of-the-last-functioning-cities-close-to-the-frontline\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061\"},\"headline\":\"The eastern Ukrainian city of Izium is one of the last functioning cities close to the frontline.\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-16T15:00:22+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/the-eastern-ukrainian-city-of-izium-is-one-of-the-last-functioning-cities-close-to-the-frontline\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":110,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/the-eastern-ukrainian-city-of-izium-is-one-of-the-last-functioning-cities-close-to-the-frontline\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/hqdefault-2472.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"ITV News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/the-eastern-ukrainian-city-of-izium-is-one-of-the-last-functioning-cities-close-to-the-frontline\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/the-eastern-ukrainian-city-of-izium-is-one-of-the-last-functioning-cities-close-to-the-frontline\\\/\",\"name\":\"The eastern Ukrainian city of Izium is one of the last functioning cities close to the frontline. | News ISC Videos\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/the-eastern-ukrainian-city-of-izium-is-one-of-the-last-functioning-cities-close-to-the-frontline\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/the-eastern-ukrainian-city-of-izium-is-one-of-the-last-functioning-cities-close-to-the-frontline\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/hqdefault-2472.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-16T15:00:22+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061\"},\"description\":\"Watch The eastern Ukrainian city of Izium is one of the last functioning cities close to the frontline. for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/the-eastern-ukrainian-city-of-izium-is-one-of-the-last-functioning-cities-close-to-the-frontline\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/the-eastern-ukrainian-city-of-izium-is-one-of-the-last-functioning-cities-close-to-the-frontline\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/the-eastern-ukrainian-city-of-izium-is-one-of-the-last-functioning-cities-close-to-the-frontline\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/hqdefault-2472.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/hqdefault-2472.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":360},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/the-eastern-ukrainian-city-of-izium-is-one-of-the-last-functioning-cities-close-to-the-frontline\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The eastern Ukrainian city of Izium is one of the last functioning cities close to the frontline.\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/\",\"name\":\"News ISC Videos\",\"description\":\"Bringing Global News Videos To You\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cecb3968611acb579da5ca8d12661721d52793a03c59eda301c939b204a5bfea?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cecb3968611acb579da5ca8d12661721d52793a03c59eda301c939b204a5bfea?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cecb3968611acb579da5ca8d12661721d52793a03c59eda301c939b204a5bfea?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tidyhosts.com\\\/videos\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"The eastern Ukrainian city of Izium is one of the last functioning cities close to the frontline. | News ISC Videos","description":"Watch The eastern Ukrainian city of Izium is one of the last functioning cities close to the frontline. for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-eastern-ukrainian-city-of-izium-is-one-of-the-last-functioning-cities-close-to-the-frontline\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"The eastern Ukrainian city of Izium is one of the last functioning cities close to the frontline. | News ISC Videos","og_description":"Watch The eastern Ukrainian city of Izium is one of the last functioning cities close to the frontline. for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-eastern-ukrainian-city-of-izium-is-one-of-the-last-functioning-cities-close-to-the-frontline\/","og_site_name":"News ISC Videos","article_published_time":"2026-10-16T15:00:22+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/i3.ytimg.com\/vi\/F7cdXDbZMrY\/hqdefault.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-eastern-ukrainian-city-of-izium-is-one-of-the-last-functioning-cities-close-to-the-frontline\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-eastern-ukrainian-city-of-izium-is-one-of-the-last-functioning-cities-close-to-the-frontline\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061"},"headline":"The eastern Ukrainian city of Izium is one of the last functioning cities close to the frontline.","datePublished":"2026-10-16T15:00:22+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-eastern-ukrainian-city-of-izium-is-one-of-the-last-functioning-cities-close-to-the-frontline\/"},"wordCount":110,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-eastern-ukrainian-city-of-izium-is-one-of-the-last-functioning-cities-close-to-the-frontline\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hqdefault-2472.jpg","articleSection":["ITV News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-eastern-ukrainian-city-of-izium-is-one-of-the-last-functioning-cities-close-to-the-frontline\/","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-eastern-ukrainian-city-of-izium-is-one-of-the-last-functioning-cities-close-to-the-frontline\/","name":"The eastern Ukrainian city of Izium is one of the last functioning cities close to the frontline. | News ISC Videos","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-eastern-ukrainian-city-of-izium-is-one-of-the-last-functioning-cities-close-to-the-frontline\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-eastern-ukrainian-city-of-izium-is-one-of-the-last-functioning-cities-close-to-the-frontline\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hqdefault-2472.jpg","datePublished":"2026-10-16T15:00:22+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061"},"description":"Watch The eastern Ukrainian city of Izium is one of the last functioning cities close to the frontline. for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-eastern-ukrainian-city-of-izium-is-one-of-the-last-functioning-cities-close-to-the-frontline\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-eastern-ukrainian-city-of-izium-is-one-of-the-last-functioning-cities-close-to-the-frontline\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-eastern-ukrainian-city-of-izium-is-one-of-the-last-functioning-cities-close-to-the-frontline\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hqdefault-2472.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hqdefault-2472.jpg","width":480,"height":360},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/the-eastern-ukrainian-city-of-izium-is-one-of-the-last-functioning-cities-close-to-the-frontline\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The eastern Ukrainian city of Izium is one of the last functioning cities close to the frontline."}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/","name":"News ISC Videos","description":"Bringing Global News Videos To You","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cecb3968611acb579da5ca8d12661721d52793a03c59eda301c939b204a5bfea?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cecb3968611acb579da5ca8d12661721d52793a03c59eda301c939b204a5bfea?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cecb3968611acb579da5ca8d12661721d52793a03c59eda301c939b204a5bfea?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.tidyhosts.com\/videos"],"url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=388561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/388562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=388561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=388561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=388561"},{"taxonomy":"actors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actors?post=388561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}