Heavy preventing continues within the Kharkiv area, as reported by the Ukrainian army. General Serhii Melnyk, the commander of the Kharkiv metropolis protection forces, said that Russian troops have been advancing with floor and air offensives within the northern area of Ukraine.
According to Melnyk, Ukrainian defenders have been engaged in three ongoing fights within the areas close to the cities of Vovchansk and Lukiantsi. In some situations, the defenders had been compelled to reposition themselves to successfully use their forces and defend the area in opposition to the offensive.
The city of Vovchansk, which had beforehand been liberated from Russian occupation greater than 18 months in the past, is now dealing with assaults as Ukrainian troops work to repel the Russian advance in direction of Lyptsi from Hlyboke and Lukiantsi, and in direction of Vovchansk from the path of Shebekino in Russia.
In a latest airstrike on Kharkiv, 24 individuals, together with 4 kids, had been injured, and residential buildings had been broken. Sadly, one particular person misplaced their life within the assault. Additionally, an 80-year-old lady was killed when an enemy drone crashed right into a residential constructing on a metropolis road, and one other particular person was killed within the village of Hatyshche.
Meanwhile, Russia’s Defense Ministry claimed to have “liberated” the Buhrovatka settlement within the Kharkiv area and boasted about defeating Ukrainian military personnel and gear in Vesele, Vovchansk, and Lyptsi.
The scenario within the Kharkiv area stays tense, with Ukrainian forces working tirelessly to defend their territory in opposition to the continuing Russian offensive.