Russian troops are “completely bogged down” in street battles for the town of Vovchansk in Kharkiv Oblast and deploying their reserves from different sectors. Ukrainian forces halted Russian troops in the Kharkiv sector and are conducting counterattacks

    [Music] Ukrainian counterattacks halted Russian forces in the car Keef sector Ukrainian forces halted Russian troops in the car Keef sector and are conducting counterattacks ehor proceno a representative of the main operational directorate of Ukraine’s general staff said at a briefing in Kiev on May 24 at the moment Russian forces have been halted the situation is under control we are carrying out counterattacks Russia launched a new offensive on May 10 in Northern Cara blast moscow’s forces had managed to advance as far as 10 km or 6 mi into the region but had been halted by the first line of [Music] defense proro described the situation on the battlefield as difficult saying Ukrainian soldiers continue to hold the line in the Count’s east and south kke and Denco blasts are the areas of the most intense fighting regarding the kke sector the enemy enem is conducting offensive operations to create a buffer zone the colonel said adding that the situation is under control Fierce fighting is ongoing almost along the entire front line defense forces are inflicting heavy losses on the Invader our artillery unmanned systems and Aviation are actively working Russian troops are completely bogged down in Street battles for the town of vens in kivo blast and deploying their reserves from different sectors Russia’s offensive in Cara blast in miday could be the first of several waves and Russian forces May Target the regional capital kke meanwhile Russia’s latest offensive into Caro blast is stretching Ukrainian defenses Russia’s two-pronged assault in Cara blast that began on May 10th is exploiting Ukraine’s troop shortage forcing it to make difficult decisions about where to commit reserves two weeks into the offensive one group of Russian forces is already fighting in the streets of the town of ofans about 70 km away away from the city of kke while the other is trying to push toward the town of lipy just under two dozen kilm away from the city the Kremlin has options for what it can try to accomplish in the area depopulating K taking territory and most importantly getting Ukraine to commit reserves needed elsewhere so far Russian troops seem at least partially successful with the latter twoo multiple border Villages have reportedly been captured and some Ukrainian units have been moved in from outside kke to reinforce the defense of the region on top of Ukraine’s disadvantages in personnel and Firepower some of its fortifications appear to have had a variety of weaknesses Ukrainian troops in the area also failed to detect the buildup of the latest defensives ahead of time Russian forces captured and then lost a lot of territory in Caro blast in 2022 following the start of Russia’s full-scale Invasion throughout 2023 they conducted major offensives in the kopans district which achieved little except inflicting casualties on both sides changing angles after months of Recon and buildup Russian forces struck across the national border starting on May [Applause] 10 the size and ferocity of the assault prompted fears that Russia could try and lay Siege to K experts who spoke to the Kiev independent agree the Russian forces are not strong enough to take the city but they don’t actually have to if they get close enough they can just keep shelling kke to drive out the residents and Destroy businesses and infrastructure depriving the Ukrainian State the revenue it desperately needs from its second largest city the closer they get to K the less notice Ukraine has of a future attack requiring even more forces to defend the city the experts watching agree that stretching Ukraine’s defenses is the main point of the Caro blast operation we are being stretched like a bowring Ivan stac a government adviser who used to serve with the security service of Ukraine told the Kev independent we are getting buried in the South around ritan they’re attacking in Kari vumi Russia may be hoping that if Ukrainian forces become sufficiently stretched for Russian forces this appears to be working Rob Lee foreign policy Research Institute senior fellow noted that Ukraine has moved units from zapia and dunco blasts to reinforce the defense of carke making it easier for the enemy to advance in those directions the Armed Forces of Ukraine AFU knows it’s a fixing action the AFU knew the time in place it would happen to a certain degree and the AFU is still finding itself in a situation where it is forced to be pretty much what the Russians want from this operation how many reserves Ukraine has isn’t open information buinov has written that the reserves are exhausted but his intentions and available information are not matter of public record [Music] [Applause]

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