“Thin” Ukraine Defences Allowed Kharkiv Assault | Russia “Outperforms” Kyiv’s 2023 Counteroffensive

The Ukrainian President warned that Russia’s offensive in the Kharkiv region might only be the “first wave” of several such advances. Volodymyr Zelensky said the situation in the region, where Russia had seized several border villages, was “controlled” but “not stabilized.”
Zelensky said Russian troops were “going deeper” and could soon aim for the city of Kharkiv.
Moscow expanded the area of active combat by almost 70 kilometres by launching its offensive in the Kharkiv region, said Ukraine’s army chief. Meanwhile, Nearly 10,000 people had been forced to leave their homes in Kharkiv since the ground attack launched by Russian forces on May 10.