Russian Forces on the Offensive in Northeast-Ukrainian Officers

(Reuters) – Giant contingents of Russian forces are on the offensive in northeastern Ukraine’s Kupiansk sector and engaged in heavy combating, Ukrainian officers mentioned on Monday.

Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Maliar, writing on Telegram, mentioned: “For 2 days operating, the enemy has been actively on the offensive within the Kupiansk sector in Kharkiv area. We’re defending. Heavy combating is happening and the positions of each side change dynamically a number of instances a day.”

Serhiy Cherevatyi, spokesperson for the japanese grouping of troops, advised nationwide tv the Russian army had amassed greater than 100,000 troops and greater than 900 tanks within the space. Ukrainian forces had been holding their traces, he mentioned.

Reuters was unable to confirm battlefield accounts.

(Reporting by Ron Popeski and Oleksander Kozhukhar; Enhancing by Alex Richardson)

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