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| The Ukrainian Armed Forces may counterattack near Khar'kov |
| 2024-06-05 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Korrespondent] The battle for Vovchansk continues. The Russian offensive finally stopped after breaking through the border in the Kharkov region. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have finally stopped the Russian offensive in the Kharkov region. The West is already calling on Ukrainian troops to counterattack, but it is far from certain that this is possible in the current situation. SITUATION AT THE FRONT The Russian offensive in two directions - directly on the northern outskirts of Kharkov and on the city of Volchansk 50 kilometers to the northeast - has finally stopped. The occupiers still cannot capture even the northern half of Volchansk. They also failed to cross the Volchya River, which divides the city into two equal halves. There is no significant progress in the area of the northern outskirts of Kharkov - the village of Liptsy. Foreign Policy writes that the Ukrainian Armed Forces need to “urgently counterattack” in the Kharkov region. “This approach itself—an urgent need for a counteroffensive—is, in my opinion, a priori unacceptable. These are not things that happen at the behest of a pike. The point here is not what is needed, but what is possible. If a counter-offensive is possible, then it does not require any articles that stimulate it, and in general it is not subject to discussion. If a counteroffensive is prepared and feasible, then it will naturally be carried out here and now, because, obviously, Ukraine wants to liberate its own territories and win the war. There can be no discussion here,” says military observer David Sharp. ARE COUNTERATTACKS ALREADY UNDERWAY? Some Russian “military correspondents” admitted that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are trying to counterattack in the center of Volchansk and in general in the north of the Kharkov region, writes the American Institute for the Study of War. Ukrainian military observer Konstantin Mashovets responded to complaints from Russian “military correspondents” about the intensification of Ukrainian counterattacks in the Kharkov direction, and sarcastically predicted that Russian sources in the coming days may declare that the occupiers allegedly repulsed a “serious” Ukrainian counterattack in this direction. Representative of the Northern Defense Forces Yuriy Povkh noted that Russian troops have somewhat reduced the intensity of shelling in the north of the Kharkov region and are storming Ukrainian positions with small groups of troops numbering “no more than a few motorized rifle units.” NAVAL INFANTRY REINFORCEMENT Separate Ukrainian naval infantry units appeared on the Khar'kov front, having previously fought for several months on the bridgehead in Krynki on the left bank of the Dnieper and on the islands in the river delta. However, there is no talk yet of a full-fledged counteroffensive. The Russian group in this direction has not yet deployed its main forces (in total, two army corps and units of the 6th Combined Arms Army of the Leningrad Military District are participating in the offensive; additional units from the Moscow Military District are also possible). And Ukraine needs reserves in order to prepare for the second phase of the enemy’s offensive. More from korrespodent.net Russia has accumulated forces in the south - Ukrainian Armed Forces Ukrainian Armed Forces hold back Russian attacks in southern Ukraine. The Russians have completed the preparation of the “hodgepodge”, where they rounded up the mobs, prisoners, and residents from the temporarily occupied territories, noted Dmitry Pletenchuk. The Russian invaders have accumulated certain forces, but they are not enough to break through the defense line. This was stated by the head of the Center for Strategic Communications of the Defense Forces of Southern Ukraine, Dmitry Pletenchuk, during a telethon on Tuesday, June 4. According to him, over the past two days the Russians have slightly reduced the number of assaults, but “this does not mean that the general trend towards escalation is somehow decreasing.” “At some point, the directly participating units run out of steam until fresher resources are brought in. The enemy, in principle, has accumulated a certain amount of forces, but this is still not the amount that is capable of breaking through the defense line. This is a small trajectory where the enemy’s resource has run out ", he said. Pletenchuk clarified that the Russians have finished preparing a “hodgepodge”, where they have gathered “mobs”, prisoners, and residents from the temporarily occupied territories. The speaker noted that the situation at the front is tense, but controlled, “the enemy has not received any achievements.” Let us remind you that during the day on June 3, the ZSU destroyed about 1,300 Russian invaders. The total losses of Russia since the beginning of the war exceeded 512 thousand people. It was also reported that since the beginning of the day on June 4, most of the clashes occurred near Pokrovsk. |
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