Ukraine's Armed Forces advance deep into Russian Army's defense lines in Kharkiv region

This was announced by the Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Oleksii Hromov.

"In the Kharkiv direction, the Russians aren't launching active hostilities, are trying to hold the seized territories, and are also launching rocket attacks. The Ukrainian defense forces have advanced into the depth of the enemy's defenses and have secured positions in the liberated territories", he said.

According to Hromov, the Russian occupiers set up a "volunteer headquarters" in the Russian settlement of Valuyki.

"From this headquarters, transmissions for the Russian occupiers are delivered to the temporarily occupied territory of Ukraine, and looted property of Ukrainians is taken away from the territory of our state by civilian vehicles", he said.

According to the operational information of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in the Kharkiv direction, the Russian army is trying to break through the defense of the Ukrainian troops near Husarivka, hostilities are ongoing. The enemy also shelled the areas of Kharkiv, Lebyazhe, Borshcheva, Dementiivka, Korobochkyne, Velyki Prohody, Ruski Tyshki, Staryi Saltiv, Pryshyb, Tsirkuny, Mospanove, and Karasivka settlements with barrel and jet artillery.