advanced in #Vovchansk in #Kharkiv oblast'
Repeated hit on the 112th 
Rocket Brigade responsible for #Sumy attack
advanced in #Kotlyarovka and #Valentinovka
drone strike on #Dnipro multiple civilians killed
#Shaheed drones with neurotoxins and CS tear gas were found
Massive fires in #Kursk and #Samara
continues to control small parts of #Kursk and #Belgorod oblast' in spite of fierce counterattacks
+1230 KIA, total ~937k irreversible losses since 2022
Tuesday, April 15, 2025
The Kyiv Independent [unofficial] Russia’s war against Ukraine A building is destroyed by a Russian drone strike in Odesa, Ukraine, on April 14, 2025. (Nina Liashonok/ Ukrinform / NurPhoto via Getty Images) Kyiv invites EU leaders on May 9 to counter Putin’s victory parade. Ukraine has invited top European Union officials to visit Kyiv on May 9 in a symbolic move to counter Russian President Vladimir Putin’s annual Victory Day parade in Moscow, Politico reported on April 14, citing […]https://activitypub.writeworks.uk/2025/04/tuesday-april-15-2025/
#Russia narratives on #Ukraine territories is quite consistent as it comes to #Donbas, #Zaporizhzhia and #Kherson regions - even if they are nonsense, they are kind of consistent. But they don’t even make any pretenses of consistency as it comes to #Kharkiv region.
Russia captured 1/3 of Kharkiv oblast in 2022 but then was kicked out by successful ZSU counteroffensive by end of 2022. Then, in 2024, Russia once again attacked on the #Vovchansk direction (north of Kharkiv) and continued pushing from the east #Kupyansk.
As a reminder, Putin and Zakharova clearly stated in 2022 that the objective of “special military operation is not occupation of territories”. In case of all occupied regions they claim it’s not occupation but “referendums” (even though it was never conducted in Zaporizhzhia for example).
But no such narrative was even built for Kharkiv oblast’ - they just describe it as “liberation” without any pretext or legal basis. Since 2022 there’s a Russian “Kharkov military administration on exile” which periodically announces “Kharkov oblast’ will be liberated”… but once again, they don’t even pretend.
It’s not like Russia needs any pretext to invade, but it does usually maintain an alternative pseud-legal narrative for the Western audience. In case of Kharkiv oblast it’s simply absent, which is one reason they don’t talk much about this region too often. Of course, for the internal military audience they speak about it openly in a mix of likely valid goals (military factories) and propaganda (“biolabs”):
Russia is pursuing strategic goals and objectives of the “SMO”, which include elimination of direct military threat from Kharkiv and Sumy located 40 km from the ‘Belovezhskaya’ border (the range of Hymars and MLRS minimum missiles), as well as elimination of bacteriological threat from Kharkiv, removal from the enemy’s control and return to Russia of the famous Kharkiv tank and machine-building factories or the only Izium factory of optical devices in the former Ukraine.
This is taken from a Russian-only article extensively discussing the perspectives for “liberation” (capture) of Kharkiv oblast published in 2023. This is the narrative for “educated” audience, which is likely as close to the true intentions of Kremlin as you can get. But the less they talk about it in public, the more we should be challenging them and Trump administration about it.
#Russia hit #Alexandrovka village in own #Voronezh oblast with Kh-69 missile
activated in village #Tikhoe on the right flank of #Vovchansk
advanced in #Peschanoe on #Pokrovsk direction and #Vremeevka on #VelykaNovoselka direction
#Ukraine destroyed S-400 air-defense system in #Belgorod oblast'
will provide $6.6b military support to
During the occupation of #Kharkiv Oblast in 2022, Russian forces established nearly 30 torture chambers in various parts of the region. This story focuses on just one of them — the torture chamber at the #Vovchansk Aggregate Plant.
#Vovchansk in #Kharkiv Oblast today: another city completely destroyed by the #Russians
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Ukraine Daily Summary - Tuesday, October 29 2024
Ukraine expands long-range drone strikes target list, alcohol now on the menu -- 'That's what they do' says Trump's running mate Vance brushes off Russian election interference -- NATO chief confirms North Korean troops deployed in Russia's Kursk Oblast -- North Korea's current arms sales to Russia estimated at up to $5.5 billion -- and morehttps://writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/Ukraine%20Daily%20Summary%20-%20Tuesday,%20October%2029%202024/
An analysis of satellite imagery suggests that 60 percent of buildings in #Vovchansk have been completely destroyed.
Partial damage was observed on a further 18 percent of buildings, leaving just 22 percent of the city where damage has yet to be detected as of late September 2024.
Kindergartens, schools, religious sites, factories and libraries have all been wiped out.
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2024/10/28/how-russias-invasion-flattened-a-ukrainian-border-city/
03 Oct: Wow! Russian Factory Assault TURNS INTO BLOODBATH!
by #ReportingfromUkraine
05:25
In the #Kharkiv direction, in #Vovchansk, Russian command deployed Chechen "Akhmat" forces to pressure troops into launching a counterattack to reclaim the Aggregate Plant.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJ3rXjOBSzw
Reporting from Ukraine makes short daily reports about the war in #Ukraine
The reports are available in many different languages
Ukraine Daily Summary - Tuesday, October 1 2024
Russia intensifies attacks on recaptured Vovchansk plant following its standard practice of destroying what it can't capture -- Belarusian military starts checking combat capability of Air Force, Air Defense -- Recurring failures to launch Satan ICBM throw shadow on Putin's nuclear saber-rattling -- Is Russia’s new nuclear doctrine a game of bluff or a shift in strategy? -- and morehttps://writeworks.uk/~/UkraineDaily/Ukraine%20Daily%20Summary%20-%20Tuesday,%20October%201%202024/
According to the testimony of the prisoners take at #Vovchansk plant, the commanders of the blocked Russians from the Russian special forces maintained discipline with total fear, violence and murder, the intelligence officer noted. Two Russian soldiers, as he recounts, were shot by the commanders a few days before the complete liberation of the plant, because it seemed to them that they "swallowed more water from the bottle than they were allowed".
Ukraine Daily Summary - Thursday, September 26 2024
Russia establishes secret attack drone program in China, Reuters reports -- Russia has destroyed all thermal power plants, nearly all hydroelectric capacity in Ukraine ahead of winter -- Russia preparing to attack 3 nuclear power plants in Ukraine -- Russia attacks Kramatorsk city center, killing 2, injuring 12, including children -- [Video] Estonian President on Russia's threats of escalation -- and more
Ukraine regains control of #Vovchansk aggregate plant, military intelligence says
Fighters of #HUR carried out a systematic sweep of plant’s buildings, constantly engaging in contact battles with enemy in densely built-up conditions. In some cases, Ukrainian special forces engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the enemy
Ukraine took control of the territory of the aggregate plant after all 30 buildings were cleared of Russian forces
https://kyivindependent.com/ukraine-regains-control-of-vovchansk/
24/09/2024 - 16:56
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The Ukrainian Defense Forces liberated the territory of the aggregate plant in #Vovchansk.
The enemy occupied #Ukrainsk, and advanced near #Prechystivka, #Selidove, #Nevelske, #ZhelannePershne and #Nevske.
#Ukraine GUR pushed #Russia from #Vovchansk aggregate factory occupied since April
advanced near #Krasnogorovka on #Kurakhove direction
pulled reinforcements on #Kupyansk and #Vuhledar directions, intense fighting continues
From #AnnafromUkraine @AnnafromUkraine@youtube.com
KHARKIV FRONTLINES: RUSSIA TERRITORY STRIKES, #KURSK & #BELGOROD BUFFER ZONE. Vlog 815: War in Ukraine
Ukraine's Defence Intelligence fully liberates aggregate plant in #Vovchansk, #Kharkiv Oblast.
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GUR fighters completely cleared the #Vovchansk aggregate plant and took prisoners.
The complex of 30 buildings was completely cleared of Russians who were surrounded there.
23 Sep: LIBERATION ON THE WAY! Russian Remnants ARE WITHDRAWING FROM VOVCHANSK
by #ReportingfromUkraine
04:53
In the #Kharkiv direction, Ukraine changed the tide of the battle of #Vovchansk after retaking control of Russian positions at the local aggregate plant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igi7w9y5EYM
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Russian forces recently advanced near #Vovchansk, #Kreminna, #Toretsk, and #Pokrovsk, and Ukrainian forces recently regained lost positions in #Vovchansk and #Siversk.
