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Russia mounts surprise assault on northern Ukraine in most serious cross-border offensive in two years
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https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/10/europe/russia-ukraine-cross-border-kharkiv-intl?cid=ios_app
autotldr@lemmings.world [bot] 2 years ago
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Russian forces have made two cross border assaults inside northern Ukraine, according to information from Ukrainian sources and officials – in what President Volodymyr Zelensky is calling a ‘new wave of counteroffensive actions” by Russia.
In the first development, Russian soldiers penetrated at least one kilometre towards the town of Vovchansk, a Ukrainian military source told CNN.
The aim, the source said, “was to get 10 kms deep and create a buffer zone at the border to secure Russian territory from feeling the war.”
Asked about developments, President Volodymyr Zelensky did not downplay their seriousness but said Ukraine’s military had been expecting such a move.
Oleh Syniehubov, the head of Kharkiv’s regional military administration, said on Telegram that two civilians had been killed in the Russian offensive and several more had been wounded.
“The enemy group does not pose a threat to Kharkiv city, its forces are only enough for provocations in the northern direction.”
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