The town of Vovchansk in the northern Kharkiv region, liberated from Russian occupation more than 18 months ago, awoke Friday to intense shelling and aerial bombardment.
As of Saturday, it appeared the Russians still held a handful of Ukrainian border villages, with intense aerial bombardment continuing in the Vovchansk area.
Barros says that it is instead to compel Ukrainian forces to pivot from Donetsk to Kharkiv region.
Gunners fire at Russian positions in the Kharkiv region on April 21.
In Krasnohorivka, for example, Ukrainian units were able for months to use apartment buildings and a brick factory as defensive positions.
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