“We are providing everything necessary to protect our positions,” the head of state said.
As President Vladimir Zelensky said in an evening video message, Ukrainian defenders are fighting back.
“We understand the volume of forces of the occupier, we see his plan. Our soldiers, our artillery, our drones give an answer to the occupier. I am grateful to every soldier, every sergeant, every officer who defend our positions exactly as needed. We are adding our forces to the Kharkov directions, both along our state border and along the entire front line, we will invariably destroy the occupier in such a way as to thwart any Russian offensive intentions,” the head of state said.
Zelensky noted that about the situation. morning and evening, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Alexander Syrsky, reported, and Defense Minister Rustem Umerov was also in constant contact.
“We provide everything necessary to protect our positions. Everyone who holds positions now, maintains the positions of the whole of Ukraine. announcement of the package.”
The situation in the Kharkov region. What is known?
- At about 5 a.m. on May 10, the invaders tried to break through the Ukrainian defense line in the Kharkov region. The defenders repelled these attacks, and fighting of varying intensity continues.
- Regional authorities reminded residents of the opportunity to evacuate from shelling.
- During a joint briefing in Kyiv with Slovak President Zuzana Caputova, Vladimir Zelensky confirmed . , that the Russian army launched an attack on the Kharkov region, but the enemy’s plans were known.
- The head of the Center for Countering Disinformation, Andrei Kovalenko, subsequently noted that the morning offensive of the Russian army in the north of the Kharkov region was akin to simulating a large-scale offensive using limited forces and conducting reconnaissance in force.
- the chief of the operational-strategic group of troops “Khortitsa” Nazar Voloshin said that Russia, with the help of disinformation, is trying to sow panic among Ukrainians and force Ukrainian troops to pull forces and resources from the Donetsk direction to Kharkov.