Bloomberg reports that the offensive, which began two weeks ago, has opened a new front and depleted the AFU's resources. However, according to Ukrainian General Staff spokesman Ihor Prokhorenko, Moscow has failed to create a 30-kilometer buffer zone on Ukrainian territory.
"Today the situation there is stable and controlled. The enemy has been stopped, fire damage is being inflicted on him, offensive assault actions by the Defense Forces to regain lost positions are being planned and carried out," Prokhorenko said.
Russia is accumulating troops along the border in Sumy Region, Prokhorenko said. Defense has been strengthened there, he said, and the military will avoid "miscalculations" that allowed the occupiers to break into Kharkiv Region.
Two weeks after Russian troops crossed the border to open a new front the offensive stopped in Volchansk, less than 10 kilometers from the border. This was announced on Thursday by Commander-in-Chief Alexander Syrsky. The Kremlin's new front has forced Kyiv to move soldiers to the country's northeast, depleting reserves as Moscow launched an offensive.
DeepState did not detect a significant Russian advance as part of the Kharkiv offensive. Syrsky noted that the Russian military command is sending reserves to support the attack but without success.
