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Ukrainian defenders retreat from a number of positions in the Kharkov region
2024-05-12
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Korrespondent] Heavy fighting continues in the Kharkov region.

The Defense Forces note that the Russians are suffering heavy losses, but are advancing, which is why the defenders have to lose some positions and some settlements.


Heavy fighting continues in the Kharkov region. Due to great pressure from the Russian occupation forces, the Ukrainian defenders had to withdraw from some positions. This was reported on the evening of Saturday, May 11, by the Gostri Kartuz unit of the Omega special forces detachment of the National Guard of Ukraine.

It is noted that at 2 p.m., fighting began for the village of Glubokoye, which is of strategic importance.

“The Russians are dying in batches, but they are still pressing and in some places succeeding. The night will be very difficult,” the message says.

The fighters also released a video in which they spoke about the situation in the region. Another settlement today has completely fallen under Russian control. As of 20:00, there were battles for the settlement of Glubokoye, leading to the dam of the Travyanskoye Reservoir.

“Now the situation with Glubokoye is very difficult, but our defenders, the soldiers of the Troops, the Kraken, are holding this settlement. The Russians are stubborn, they are suffering heavy losses, but they are advancing, advancing, advancing. Therefore, we have to lose some positions, some settlements. But right now a time when we need to unite and all together repel enemy attacks in all directions of the front,” the military man emphasized behind the scenes.

The DeepState project reported that in one of the videos of the Gostri Kartuz unit, an enemy infantry column is moving south of the village of Morokhovets.

Posted by:badanov

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