INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Russian forces appeared to be struggling to contain a Ukrainian counteroffensive around the northeastern city of Kharkiv on Thursday amid
to recapture lost territory in the Kharkiv direction, since the start of the week, Ukraine's armed forces..
have penetrated into enemy's lines by a depth of up to 50 kilometers," Ukrainian Brigadier General Oleksiy Gromov said at a briefing in
area of the Ukrainian advance, as well as Ukrainian troops near Balakliya, a strategically important city with a pre-war population of
Ukrainian officials have remained tight-lipped about frontline developments, U.S
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin appeared to praise the Ukrainian advance during a visit to Germany on Thursday while announcing another
forces sustained 76 equipment losses Wednesday, according to open-source analytical project Oryx, an estimated 70% of which happened in
on Thursday that Ukraine had failed to encircle Balakliya
forces had retreated from Balakliya, with video footage circulating of Ukrainian flags on buildings in the city
The ultimate Ukrainian objective, some analysts predicted, could be Kupiansk, a town 76 kilometers northeast of Balakliya that serves as a
Ukrainian offensive, Moscow has reportedly deployed paratrooper units and aircraft around Balakliya, which had been left lightly defended
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his nightly address Wednesday, adding that "now is not the right time to name those
settlements where the Ukrainian flag has returned."The mood among pro-Kremlin military bloggers on Telegram, who often post more accurate
directions at once, aiming to cut off our Izyum group from the mainland
