2024-05-11 03:39:11
At the end of 2022, Ukraine expelled the Russian army from most of the Kharkiv region, but when the Ukrainian forces faced a shortage of ammunition, Moscow resumed the offensive there.
“Around 5 o’clock in the morning, the enemy tried to break through our defense line under the cover of armored vehicles,” the ministry said in a statement.
The army has repelled the Russian invasion, but “battles of varying intensity” continue, the ministry said.
As the ministry announced, during the last 24 hours, the Russian army has carried out airstrikes using guided air bombs in the northern Volchansk district of the Kharkiv region, and since the beginning of the night has intensified shelling of the defense front line.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced that the Ukrainian army was ready for a Russian attack in the Kharkiv region.
“A fierce artillery battle took place at 7-8 in the morning. By that time, the Russian offensive was stopped,” said the President of Ukraine.
“Ukraine met them there with our troops, brigades and artillery. It is important that they can increase and draw forces in this direction, but our troops, our leadership knew this and calculated their forces to meet the enemy with fire. Now a fierce battle is taking place in this direction , we welcomed them with fire,” said Zelensky.
The head of the regional administration of Volchansk, Tamazs Gambarishvili, informed that the authorities have initiated the voluntary evacuation of residents of Volchansk and neighboring districts due to the increased shelling.
“We are now voluntarily evacuating residents. Most of the people are currently leaving with their own vehicles, but now together with the humanitarian aid center we are organizing the evacuation of those people who do not have the opportunity to leave on their own,” said Gambarishvili.
The town of Volchansk is located five kilometers from the border and currently has about 3,000 people, but before the war there were about 17,000 people.
According to Gambarishvili, people are being taken out of Volchansk and nearby settlements, which are currently being shelled, and taken to Kharkiv.
“Now there is a mass shooting of the city. As the local residents say, they have never heard or seen anything like this before. The whole settlement, the whole city is being massively shot. That’s why it’s dangerous to be there now,” Gambarishvili said.
According to Gambarishvili, Volchanska was under fire all the time, but since Friday night at 3 o’clock the shelling has intensified rapidly. The Russian armed forces used reactive artillery installations, cannons and guided aerial bombs.
He said that there was a lot of damage as a result of the shooting. Regional police report that two people were hospitalized with shrapnel injuries.
supplemented with paragraphs 6-8
2024-05-11 03:39:11