War in Ukraine: Russia launched a ground offensive in the Kharkiv region, where intense fighting is underway
Russia launched a ground offensive in the Kharkiv region of northeastern Ukraine and attempted to “break through the lines of defense”announced the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense on Friday May 10.
This area had not been the target of such attacks since the withdrawal of Kremlin troops from almost the entire Kharkiv region in the fall of 2022, in the face of a Ukrainian counter-offensive. While the scale of this new Russian operation is not yet clear, Ukraine has feared an attack in the region for weeks.
“Over the past day, the enemy carried out airstrikes in the Vovchansk sector”bordering the Russian region of Belgorod, with guided aerial bombs, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry said. “Around 5 a.m., the enemy tried to break through our defense lines using armored vehicles”, added this same source, without specifying the exact location of this attack. The ministry assured that these attacks had been “repulsed” but only “fights of various intensities” continued and that reserve units had been deployed to “strengthen the defense” of the area.
According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, a “fierce battle” is still in progress. “Russia has launched a new wave of counter-offensive actions in this direction”he said in the middle of the day during a press conference, while ensuring that his staff “knew it” and had “responded to the enemy with fire”.
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