Some 60 Russian soldiers were reportedly captured near the war-ravaged town of Vovchansk in the Kharkiv region, where fierce clashes have been ongoing.
Ukrainian forces captured dozens of Russian troops in Kharkiv Oblast on Sunday, a military official said, amid reports Kyiv has regained some ground in the embattled region.Some 60 Russian soldiers were captured near the war-ravaged town of Vovchansk, where fierce battles are ongoing, Nazar Voloshin, a spokesman for Ukraine's Khortytsia operational-strategic group told local publication Liga.net.Ukraine controls 70 percent of Vovchansk, which had a prewar population of 17,000.
'Ukrainian troops re-re-recaptured several areas in N-E #Vovchansk, using reinforcements via a German-supplied 'Biber' bridge laying vehicle,' he wrote in another post. 'Russian invasion forces further advanced S-W to the center and are now around 400 away meters from the destroyed Vovcha bridge.'The Institute for the Study of War , a U.S.
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