Moscow’s military seizes border villages in apparent bid to stretch Ukrainian defences
Evacuees from the Ukrainian town of Vovchansk and nearby villages registering at a shelter in Kharkiv on Sunday, May 12th, 2024. Photograph: Emile Ducke/The New York TimesRussian troops have claimed control of several Ukrainian villages in the sparsely populated “grey zone” near the frontier with Kharkiv province in recent days, while also intensifying their shelling of the border town of Vovchansk.
Military analysts say Russia’s attack on the Kharkiv region is probably intended to draw some Ukrainian units away from the defence of neighbouring Donetsk province, which has been the main focus of Moscow’s efforts for many months. “The defence forces are holding back the enemy on all approaches to the town,” he wrote in a social media post from Vovchansk. “We will definitely hold out! Vovchansk is Ukraine!”
Moscow’s defence ministry said its forces had “improved the tactical situation and delivered strikes on personnel and hardware” near Vovchansk and neighbouring villages, while “repelling” five counterattacks in the area by Kyiv’s troops.
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