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He army Ukrainian indicated on Friday that he “stopped” the attack launched by Russia two weeks ago in the region of Kharkivin the northeast of the country, and launched “counter-offensive actions” to repel troops from Moscow.
The Russian army launched an offensive in the region of Kharkiv of the border, conquering several cities and forcing Ukraine to deploy reinforcements to the area.
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After two weeks of fighting, “Ukrainian defense forces detained Russian troops in the Kharkiv and are carrying out counter-offensive actions”, Colonel Igor told the press. Projorenkoan officer of the Ukrainian General Staff.
The situation in this region is “difficult” but “stable and [está] low control” he added.
The struggle continues, especially for control of Vovchansk.
“The enemy is completely swamped in street fighting in Vovchansk and suffered very significant losses“said the general on Friday Oleksdandre Syrskycommander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army.
Moscow sent “Reservations”to continue the attack, the same source added.
In turn, the Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelenskyannounced on Friday that he was in Kharkiv, mainly to hold meetings on the “defense of the region, in particular in Vovchansk”.
According to Kyiv, Russia It intends to stretch to the limit the defensive lines of Ukrainian forces, weakened after more than two years of war, the lack of new recruits and the shortage of weapons due to the delay in Western shipments.
Since May 10th, around 11,000 civilians fled the regionthe governor declared on Thursday Oleg Sinegubov.
Source: Elcomercio
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