UKRAINE, KHARKIV OBLAST, Oct 14 — In the Kharkiv region, the Russian army is trying to take a bridgehead on the left bank of the Oskil River to expand further offensive actions, including the capture of the village of Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi, reported the commander of the Achilles assault brigade, Yurii Fedorenko, on Ukrainian TV.

One of the main goals of the Russian full-scale war is to capture the remainder of occupied Luhansk and Donetsk Oblast; their operations on the Kupiansk-Svatove-Kreminna line are dedicated to that. From this section of the frontline, they also aim to push into Kharkiv Oblast and re-occupy Kupiansk and Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi, important logistics hubs for the region.  

Yurii Fedorenko said that Russians are using combined attacks with armored vehicles in the area of the Oskil River.

“In the largest Russian attack, which Achilles assault brigade had to repel together with other units, the Russian military used 50 pieces of equipment, which they managed to destroy almost all of. Achilles alone destroyed 20 pieces of equipment and damaged another 20,” Fedorenko said.

He also noted that despite the Russians’ efforts to reach the left bank of Oskil, the Defense Forces stopped their offensive and prevented them from gaining a foothold on this bridgehead.

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