โA very significant result is that the Russian army failed.โ ~ Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky ๐บ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐๐บ๐ฆ
#Repost @kyivindependent_officialย withย @use.repost . . . Russian troops failed their Kharkiv Oblast offensive, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening address on June 8 after meeting with Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi.
Moscow launched a new offensive on May 10 in Kharkiv Oblast, where it reportedly managed to advance as far as 10 kilometers (6 miles) before Ukraine halted the advance near the first line of defense.
โA very significant result is that the Russian army failed. The direction is strengthened. And it will be strengthened more,โ Zelensky said.
Russia has reduced offensive operations in northeastern Kharkiv Oblast despite eyeing a further advance, Governor Oleh Syniehubov said earlier in the day.
Ukrainian troops are restraining Russian forces โas much as possibleโ and destroying their units, according to Zelensky.
Since launching a new offensive, Russia reportedly controls a handful of villages on two separate axes in Kharkiv Oblast, one near the town of Vovchansk and the other near Lyptsi village.
Ukrainian forces control โmost of Vovchanskโ as of June 8, Nazar Voloshyn, the spokesperson of the Khortytsia group of forces, said on national television. The town is described by Ukrainian officials as almost destroyed, while Russia keeps attacking other neighboring settlements, inflicting civilian casualties.
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