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Ukraine war latest: General Staff says Russian troops halted in Kharkiv sector, Ukraine conducts counterattacks
Key updates on May 24 2024
・General Staff: Russian troops halted in Kharkiv sector, Ukraine conducts counterattacks
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Ukrainian forces halted Russian troops in the Kharkiv sector and are conducting counterattacks, Ihor Prokhorenko, a representative of the Main Operational Directorate of Ukraine’s General Staff, said at a briefing in Kyiv on May 24.
“At the moment, (Russian forces) have been halted, the situation is under control, we are carrying out counterattacks,” Prokhorenko said.
Russia launched a new offensive on May 10 in northern Kharkiv Oblast. Moscow’s forces had managed to advance as far as 10 kilometers (6 miles) into the region but had been halted by the first line of defense, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on May 16.
Prokhorenko described the situation on the battlefield as “difficult,” saying Ukrainian soldiers continue to hold the line in the country’s east and south. Kharkiv and Donetsk oblasts are the areas of the most intense fighting, he said.