With the support of the fighters of the Aratt units and the Siberian battalion, the Ukrainian forces held the wide section of the front and stabilized the defense in the area of active hostilities, the post said.
During the operation, more than 30 Russian occupiers were eliminated, of which 15 – in direct rifle battle, the GUR informs. It is noted that more than 40 Russians were injured, two were captured.
More than 40 enemy fortifications and engineering structures were also destroyed, the press service adds.
Gur released videos of operations on which the main stages of the battle were visible: coordination at the command post, storming enemy positions, evacuation of the wounded, as well as the work of UAV and fire support units.
Context
The Russian Federation unleashed a war against Ukraine in 2014, when she occupied Crimea and parts of the Donetsk and Lugansk regions. On February 24, 2022, Russia began a full -scale invasion of Ukraine from the northern, eastern and southern directions. In the spring of the same year, the Ukrainian army discovered the north of the country, in the fall – units of the Kharkov and Kherson regions, in particular, Kherson.
On the morning of May 10, 2024, the army of Russia the start of a new offensive in the Kharkov region. WITH August 6 APU An operation is performed on the territory of the aggressor country-in the Kursk region. WITH April 2025 Ukrainian military conducting operations in Belgorod region of the Russian Federation.
On May 14, the head of the Center for Combating Discovery at the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Andrei Kovalenko said that the aggressor was preparing a new offensive in the summer. The office of the President of Ukraine also warned that Russians could intensify actions at the front in May.
On May 15, the speaker of the Kharkov OTU Pavel Shamshin said that the Russians actually had already begun a summer offensive operation at the front.
May 21 The chief of staff of the 13th Brigade of Operational Purpose “Charter” of the National Guard of Ukraine Andrei Magaybus said that Russians are pulling their forces to the border with the Kharkov region and are preparing for new assaults.
On May 30, the head of the planning department of the 13th operational brigade of the Khartyia NSU, Captain Alexei Krymenyuk, said that in the northern direction of the Kharkov region, Russian troops act in small assault groups, trying to find weak places in Ukrainian defense.
