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By admin On May 29, 2024

Ukraine War Map Reveals Kyiv’s Kharkiv Advances:

Ukrainian forces are seeing some limited success in their fighting against Russian troops along the shared border in the northeastern Kharkiv region, where in recent weeks Moscow opened a new front that could threaten the nation’s second largest city.

The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said in its Monday evening update that Kyiv’s units “recently made marginal advances north of Kharkiv City in the Lyptsi direction.” The U.S.-based think tank added that Russian attacks and progress continue elsewhere on the northeastern front and in the south and east of the country.

The village of Lyptsi is about 7 miles south of the shared border and, according to the ISW’s latest battlefield map, is at the southeastern edge of the Russian-held salient now jutting into northeastern Ukraine. Lyptsi is about 12 miles from Kharkiv City’s suburbs. The conurbation has long been under regular Russian missile and drone fire, but the approach of the Russian army threatens to put it in the range of regular artillery.

The Russian Defense Ministry said on Monday its forces had repelled a Ukrainian counterattack north of Lyptsi, inflicting heavy losses on Kyiv’s troops. Newsweek was unable to verify the reports and has contacted the Defense Ministry by email for comment.

The Ukrainian General Staff, meanwhile, wrote in a Facebook post that troops had prevailed in the fighting near the village. It added that its forces will “implement measures to improve the borders of defense” while achieving further success “in individual areas.”

The fiercest recent fighting along the Kharkiv border has been in the town of Vovchansk, now largely destroyed. Ukrainian commander in chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said last week that Russian forces are “completely bogged down” in the settlement and suffering “very heavy losses.” —>READ MORE HERE

AFU holds the enemy back in the Pokrovsk direction, doing everything to stabilize the situation – General Staff:

Over the past day, 115 combat engagements took place on the frontline, with 45 enemy attacks recorded between the start of the day on May 28 and noon. At the same time, the invaders did not launch any assaults in the north of Kharkiv region. In the Pokrovsk sector, the Defense Forces repelled the enemy and are trying to stabilize the situation.

At the same time, the enemy is suffering losses. Air defense, missile, and artillery units hit 24 areas of concentration of the RAF personnel over the past day. Details of the situation at the front as of 12:00 on May 28 were reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The past day was marked by fierce fighting in various sectors of the frontline: 115 combat engagements were recorded. The invaders also actively attacked the positions of Ukrainian soldiers and civilian settlements.

In particular, three missiles, 93 UAVs, 1050 kamikaze drones, and more than four thousand strikes from various types of weapons, including 138 from multiple launch rocket systems, were recorded.

The defense forces continue to give a powerful rebuff to the enemy. Over the past day, air defense, missile, and artillery units hit 24 areas of concentration of the RAF personnel over the past day.

The situation at the front is still difficult today. Since the beginning of the day on May 28, 45 combat engagements have already taken place.

“The occupants carried out seven air strikes using nine combat aircrafts, and fired at the positions of our troops using various types of weapons 656 times. Russian terrorists also used 43 kamikaze drones for attacks,” the General Staff said.

In the Kharkiv sector, the occupants did not conduct any assault operations since the beginning of the day. Units of our troops are reinforcing the defense and keeping the Russian invaders under fire control. —>READ MORE HERE

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