Russia started a summer offensive: what happens in Kharkiv region and what is the threat to the region

The spokesman of the operative-tactical group of Kharkiv troops Pavel Shamshin declared the beginning of the summer offensive campaign of the Russians. In the Kharkiv region there is an intensification of hostilities by Russian troops, especially in the area of ​​Lipka village. Russian forces use infantry, armored vehicles and motorcycles for storms, trying to break through the defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

In particular, the use of tanks and other armored vehicles during attacks was recorded in the Lipts area. Military experts say that Lipka is of strategic importance because of their location at height, which allows to control approaches to Kharkiv. The capture of this settlement can improve the logistics of Russian troops and provide them with favorable positions for further offensive actions.

According to military expert Dmitry Snegirev, Ukrainian troops have achieved significant tactical successes in Kharkiv region, stopping the promotion of Russian troops. In particular, the forces of defense put on the pause the possibility of a breakthrough of the invaders to the village of Lipka in the north of Kharkiv region. These actions have prevented the threat of the exit of the Russian army into the depths of the Kharkiv region and the distance of fire quarters of Kharkiv himself.

In addition, the maneuvers of the Ukrainian forces have removed the flank coverage of Vovchansk himself, which was an important achievement of the Defense Forces of Ukraine. In Vovchansk, the situation remains stable, two armies actually divide the city in half. In the Kupyansk direction, the Ukrainian forces liberated the settlement of Western, which removed the possibility of a direct breakthrough in the Russian army to Kupyansk-Nuzlovy.

According to the expert, this node is a key object for Russia, as it enables the Russian army to significantly improve its own logistics. "The main battles are not even control over Kupyansk, but for the possession of Kupyansk-Nuzlov. The latter is the main transport hub and a key railway station, which is of strategic importance because Snegirev tells focus.

Also, according to the expert, Russia has intensified the shelling of residential areas of Kharkiv region to cause chaos, panic and provoke internal migration processes from Kharkiv and the region. This, in particular, is accompanied by increased activity of Russian aviation, which causes rocket-bombing strokes not only in the positions of the Ukrainian forces, but also in civil infrastructure.

According to Oleksandr Kovalenko, a military-political observer of the group "Information Resistance", Russian troops increased activity not only in Kharkiv region, but throughout the line of collision, in particular in Pokrovsky and Konstantinovsky directions in Donetsk region. They used the Easter truce to regroup, and reaching the peak of their spring campaign. At the end of May, according to the expert, the peak of the assault actions of the Russians in the whole spring of 2025 is expected.

Kovalenko claims that the north of Kharkiv region is attacked solely in order to distract the attention of the Ukrainian military command from the offensive of Russia in Luhansk and Donetsk region. "In the north of Kharkiv region, as well as in Sumy region, Zaporizhzhya and Kherson regions, actions have a honest character to hamper the forces of Ukraine's defense and spray their attention, forces and means. These areas are of extreme tactical importance for the Russians.

Instead, in the Donetsk region and Luhansk, the integral way. In the north of Kharkiv region, the Ukrainian forces were successfully counterattacked in the area deep in the Lipetsk direction. This is a very important event because it is a threat to the Russian bridgehead, which is located in the north of Lipts. The coverage of the deep from the south, east and west creates a convenient springboard to continue the offensive actions of the Armed Forces.

According to the expert, the Kupyansk direction was intensified, but their goal is to develop a bridgehead on the right bank of the Oskil River in the two -year area, which is the main bridgehead in the area. "The Russians seek to form a tactical shock group, but forces and means for this they are not enough. For half a year the Russians are unsuccessfully trying to perform this task. I have serious doubts that they will succeed in principle.

Without this bridgehead attack on the left-bank part Military Army, - summed up the expert. To put an ultimatum, offering pressure in Kharkiv and Sumy regions in exchange for the withdrawal of Ukrainian forces from the controlled territories of Donetsk and possibly Zaporizhzhya regions. Civilians in Ukraine. At the same time, the Ukrainian forces continue to restrain the advance of the enemy, demonstrating the effectiveness of defense in key areas, " - emphasizes the expert.