Authorities say Russia has pounded a town in Ukraine’s northeast with artillery, rockets and guided aerial bombs before attempting an infantry breach of local defenses
Russia pounded a town in Ukraine’s northeast with artillery, rockets and guided aerial bombs Friday before attempting an infantry breach of local defenses, authorities said, in a tactical switch that Kyiv officials have been expecting for weeks as the war stretches into its third year. Intense nighttime shelling targeted Vovchansk, in the Kharkiv region and less than 5 kilometers from the Russian border, regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said.
Ukraine had previously said it was aware that Russia was assembling thousands of troops along the northeastern border, close to the Kharkiv and Sumy regions. While the Kremlin’s forces have made their most recent ground thrust in eastern Ukraine, Ukrainian intelligence officials said they expected the Kremlin’s forces to attack in the northeast, too.
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