UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Jul 4 — In the Kharkiv direction, the Russian army attacked 15 times near of Vovchansk, Hlyboke, and Lyptsi, 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.)

In the Kupiansk direction, there were eight combat clashes over the past day. Defense forces repelled Russian attacks near Synkivka in the Kharkiv region and Stelmakhivka in the Luhansk region.

The Russians hit Kharkiv and the villages of Lyptsi, Ruska Lozova, Synkivka, Kupiansk, Mali Prokhody, Neskuchne, Slobozhanske, Borova, Stepova Novoselivka, Pishchane, and Ruska Lozova in the Kharkiv region with air strikes.

Yevhen Ivanov, the deputy head of the Kharkiv Military Administration, said that the Russian Federation had not abandoned its plans for the offensive in the Kharkiv region.

The official noted that the Russian military will look for new opportunities to advance deeper into the Kharkiv region. 

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  • In the Kharkiv direction, the Russian army tried to attack three times near Vovchansk, Lyptsi, and Sotnytskyi Kozachok but failed, reported the General Staff.