Russia launched a new cross-border offensive into Kharkiv last month, with fighting continuing further south in the region.
Ukraine has regained territory northeast of Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, according to new reports, as Russia presses on with attacks on the battered border town of Vovchansk.Reports from Ukrainian military sources and Russian military blogging accounts suggest Kyiv's troops have recaptured some positions near Hlyboke, a village close to the settlement of Lyptsi, the U.S.-based think tank, the Institute for the Study of War , said on Tuesday.
'Russia is 'constantly carrying out airstrikes with guided aerial bombs,' Lytvyn added.'Our forces are gradually pushing the occupier out of the Kharkiv region,' Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Monday.In an operational update on Wednesday, Russia's Defense Ministry said its forces had 'improved the situation along the frontline' and targeted Ukrainian positions around Lyptsi, Vovchansk and the village of Starytsia, southwest of Vovchansk.
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