To contain the counterattack, Russia is sending troops from Izyum.
Russian occupation troops in the Kharkiv direction retreated almost to the Russian border and are about 10 kilometers from the border, according to the American Institute for War Studies, citing sources in the Russian army.
“Ukrainian troops have liberated several cities north of Kharkiv and continued advancing north of the recently liberated Stary Saltov: a Russian source claims that Ukrainian troops have advanced within 10 km of the Russian border, although ISW cannot confirm these figures on its own,” the statement said. analysts of previous days 'fighting.
In order to contain the retreat, the Russian command began redeploying troops to the north of Kharkiv to try to weaken the Ukrainian Armed Forces' counteroffensive.
“The Ukrainian counteroffensive is likely to continue to divert Russian troops and resources from deployment to other areas of advance, where hostilities have also been hampered by successful Ukrainian defense, “analysts added.
In particular, a counteroffensive from Kharkiv will also lead to the retreat of Russian troops from Izyum, Kharkiv region, where Russian troops were at a standstill.
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The day before, the General Staff of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine announced the successful return of control over several other settlements in the Kharkiv region.
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