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Ukraine facing ‘difficult’ situation in Kharkiv region, military chief says
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Ukraine’s top military commander admitted on Sunday that the situation in the north-eastern Kharkiv region was “difficult” as Russia continued an assault in the area and Moscow claimed to have captured several more villages.
“The situation is difficult, but the defence forces of Ukraine are doing everything to hold defensive lines and positions, and inflict damage on the enemy,” added Syrskyi, who was appointed as the army commander earlier this year.
However, the Institute for the Study of War, a US thinktank, said on Saturday that previous Russian claims to have captured four villages appeared to be accurate and described the recent gains as “tactically significant”.
Tymoshko said Russia was combining aerial assaults with attacks by infantry units, similar tactics to those used in Bakhmut and Avdiivka in the Donetsk region, which eventually succeeded but destroyed much of the towns in the process.
Most analysts believe Russia does not have the capacity to launch a renewed drive to seize the city, but may instead focus on intensifying strikes on it to make it unhabitable, as well as drawing Ukrainian forces away from other parts of the frontline.
The mood in Kyiv has remained bleak in recent months, as the country’s army struggles to overcome Russia’s superior troop numbers and a prolonged shortage of weapons continues.
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