UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, June 25 — Two combat engagements are ongoing in the Kharkiv direction near Vovchansk. According to updated information, the Russian army lost 93 troops in this direction over the past day, reported the General Staff. 

Russia started their 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.)

According to the General Staff, Ukrainian troops also destroyed a Russian armored combat vehicle, four artillery systems, and seven vehicles in the Kharkiv direction over the past day.

In the Kupiansk direction, the Russians attacked six times since the beginning of the day near Stepova Novoselivka, Pishchane, and Stelmakhivka. Ukrainian troops repelled three Russian attempts to advance. Another three combat clashes are ongoing, reports the General Staff. Ukrainian troops did not lose any positions.

The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) reported in the daily analytical report that the Ukrainian defense forces have partially taken back positions in Vovchansk and the village of Starytsia.

ISW reported that Ukrainian forces have counterattacked and recently taken back some tactical positions northeast of Kharkiv. In Starytsia, the Defense Forces are holding their positions in the center of the village.

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  • Ukrainian forces continue to destroy Russian equipment in the Kharkiv region, forcing Russians to attack on foot, Yurii Povkh, the spokesman of Ukraine’s “Kharkiv” group of forces, said on Ukrainian TV on June 24.