UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Nov 12 – Over the past day in the Kharkiv direction, Russian troops attacked Ukrainian positions six times near Starytsia and Vovchansk, reported the General Staff.

Russia started its new offensive north and northeast in the Kharkiv region in May, but Ukrainian troops have stabilized the frontline in this section since. Now, heavy battles are ongoing in and around Vovchansk (three miles from the border, 46 miles away from Kharkiv) and near Lyptsi (six miles from the border, 12 miles from Kharkiv.)

In the Kupiansk direction, there were three Russian military attacks over the day. Ukrainian forces repelled Russian assaults near Kindrashivka, Novoplatonivka, and Kolisnykivka.

Russia launched four missile strikes and 84 airstrikes, dropping 145 glide bombs (KABs) on positions of Ukrainian troops and cities and villages in the Kharkiv region over the past day in total. Russians fired over 5,000 times at Ukrainian forces, including 107 times with multiple launch rocket systems.

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