NewsKharkiv residents brace for battle as Russian offensive stalls

Kharkiv residents brace for battle as Russian offensive stalls

The residents are preparing for the Russians. They want to defend Kharkiv.

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11 June 2024 07:03

Residents of Kharkiv are preparing to take up arms on the 837th day of the war with Russia. In the Donetsk region, soldiers of the 24th Brigade of the Ukrainian Armed Forces maintain defence. Additionally, civilian weapons training is taking place in Kharkiv.

Since 10 May, Russian troops have been conducting an offensive in the border areas of the Kharkiv region. According to the independent Russian portal Meduza, the pace of the offensive slowed down at the beginning of June.

This is partly because the Ukrainian Armed Forces (AFU) command has utilised all of its operational reserves in defence. U.S. National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan believes that the Russian offensive on Kharkiv has stalled after the United States allowed the Ukrainian Armed Forces to carry out attacks on Russian territory.

However, Russian troops are not giving up their attempts to attack, and the residents of Kharkiv, constantly attacked by the Russian Armed Forces, are preparing to repel the assault.

Veterans are helping Kharkiv residents acquire basic military training skills. Classes are held in shelters because Russian troops continuously carry out missile attacks, drop bombs, and attack Kharkiv with drones.

Aim and shoot. These skills may be useful to both those expecting mobilization and those ready to volunteer at the front - emphasizes Meduza.

Russian troops are attempting to go on the offensive across the entire front—from Kharkiv to the village of Robotyne in the Zaporizhzhia region. Fighting continues in the Donetsk region, where the defence is carried out, among other things, by the 24th Separate Mechanised Brigade named after King Danylo.

They know us and know that we are here, they are afraid and looking for another way - says Vasyl from the 24th Separate Mechanised Brigade.