The defenders displace the invaders: where the battles in Vovchansk (maps) continue
In three weeks of fighting, the occupation forces destroyed from 50 to 80% of the Vovchansk housing stock, which is only 5 km from the border from the Russian Federation transmits Deepstate. Defense forces keep about 70% of the city under control. The Ukrainian military managed to knock out the occupiers from the northern part of the Vovchansk, which was divided into two parts by the Vovcha River. Currently, the defense forces control most of Vovchansk.
Deepstate analysts state a gradual reduction in the intensity of hostilities, but city battles continue. The head of the Center for Combating NSDC misinformation Andriy Kovalenko states that more and more sectors of Vovchanskaya are returning under control of the military. The spokesman of the operative-strategic group of Khortytsia troops Nazar Voloshin said that 60 invaders were captured in Volchansk.
On the morning of June 4, the Lieutenant of the Armed Forces with the call sign "Alex" said that the number of prisoners had already exceeded 60 invaders. The dynamics in the city also improved. Bild analyst Julian Ryopke stated that the Ukrainian army had occupied several streets in Volchansk in the northern part of the city. The occupiers, however, advanced southwest to the center and are now about 400 meters from the settlement.
The United States and a number of Western partners allowed Ukraine to beat the Russian territory to protect Kharkiv and reflect the offensive of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation. Thus, Himars has already begun to attack enemy goals. On June 3, telegram channels reported the destruction of the elements of the anti-aircraft missile complex C-400.
It was affected or destroyed: permission to beat military sites in the Russian Federation potentially allow you to put a situation in the north of the Kharkiv region. The Ukrainian volunteer, on the conditions of anonymity, reported focus that he regularly sees HIMARS working in Belgorod region. He finds one of the directions in the Kharkiv region. The spokesman of Kharkiv Yuriy Powkh reported that shelling in the Kharkiv direction did not subsides, and the invaders try to move to any cost.
Over the past day, 11 combat clashes took place, and the enemy also made 17 aircraft and one rocket strike. Currently, the 11th Army Corps and Airborne Troops of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation have been involved in the Kharkiv region. "When we deal with such a crazy enemy as Russia, maybe everything. Staffs, military administration are developing plans for repeling in the development of any events.
Therefore, to say that some enemy will be a surprise for our part-it will be incorrect,"- The spokesman of the "Kharkiv" Yuri Powh said. The Institute of War Study believes that the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation can begin to step in the Zolochiv direction, to the northwest of Kharkiv. The head of Kharkiv Ova Oleg Synigubov stated that Ukraine is monitoring the behavior of the invaders in the area.
"The Russian concentration near the Zolochiv direction and possible offensive actions in the area are likely to further consolidate and drag the Ukrainian forces to a wider front in the northern part of Kharkiv region," ISW said. However, the researchers also noted the promotion of Ukrainian defenders in Vovchansk. The Armed Forces positions in the central part of the city were geoly.
The Russian command runs additional reserves from the 72nd Motorized Rifle Division and the 41st Motorized Rifle Regiment from the 44th Army Corps of the Leningrad Military District. The commander of the Terra Unit of the 3rd Separate assault brigade Mykola "Abdula" Volokhov said that Russian troops still have "cards in the sleeves". The occupiers are now waiting for the mistakes of Ukrainian defenders and has powerful reserves.