Probably huge losses: Russian unit now apparently refuses to fight
Created: 06/10/2022, 2:40 p.m
By: Patrick Mayer, Franziska Schwarz
In the Kharkiv region, Putin's soldiers allegedly no longer want to go into combat - too hopeless.
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in Ukraine: Russian troops appear to be withdrawing from Kharkiv region.
Soldiers of Vladimir Putin
: Their morale is falling, according to a report.
Moscow contradicts Kiev
: fighters on Volodymyr Zelenskyy's side with heavy losses.
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Update from June 10, 2:10 p.m .:
As reported by the Ukrainian Ministry of the Interior
Russia fired mortars and artillery at the border area near Chernihiv in Sumy Oblast.
According to Kyiv, more than 20 explosions have been registered in the Novhorod-Siverskyi region.
So far, no casualties have been reported.
Chernihiv, with around 280,000 inhabitants, is located almost 150 kilometers north-east of the capital Kyiv.
Russian troops in front of Bakhmut: transport hub in the Donbass is heavily contested
Update from June 10, 1:45 p.m .:
According to Ukrainian information, Russian troops are advancing in the Donbass.
The invaders are now standing in front of the Bakhmut transport hub, sources in Kyiv say.
Thus, supplies for the administrative center Sievjerodonetsk could be cut off.
The city, which once had 100,000 inhabitants, has been the subject of fierce fighting in the Luhansk region for weeks.
"The enemy attacked in the direction of Vozdvyschenka - Roty, was partially successful and is establishing itself at the positions taken," said the Ukrainian General Staff in its situation report on Friday.
The villages mentioned are only about ten kilometers south-west of Bachmut.
The city, which used to have around 70,000 inhabitants, is geographically located exactly between the major cities of Donetsk, Luhansk, Severodonetsk and Kramatorsk.
Artillery fire can be fired at various transport routes in the Donbass from here.
So far, the Russian troops had tried in vain to advance in the direction of Kramatorsk.
Heavy fighting in the Donbass: Russian invading troops have superior artillery power
Update from June 10, 1:30 p.m .:
Fierce fighting between the Russian invasion troops and the Ukrainian defenders continues to rage in the Donbass.
The deputy head of the Ukrainian military intelligence service, Vadym Skibitsky, warned in an interview with the British “Guardian” that Ukraine lacks artillery ammunition.
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For every Ukrainian artillery unit there are 10 to 15 Russian artillery positions.
"This is now an artillery war," Skibitsky is quoted as saying by the British newspaper.
His country is almost exclusively dependent on Western arms supplies and needs more ammunition for howitzers and other guns.
Update from June 10, 1:10 p.m .:
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The beach is filling up again.
The future of the city in the Ukraine war is still open.
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At war with Russia: Ukrainian army advances again in Kharkiv region
First report from June 10:
Kharkiv - "We are gradually moving forward in the Kharkiv region and liberating our country," said Volodymyr Zelenskyj in the Ukraine war about the situation on war day 107. According to the Ukrainian General Staff, Vladimir Putin's troops suffered in the Region heavy losses - and now do not want to fight anymore.
This is reported by the
Kyiv Independent
.
The refusing soldiers are said to be a motorized infantry unit of the 1st Army Corps.
The information could not initially be independently verified.
Kharkiv is the second largest city in Ukraine. The Kharkiv region borders on the Luhansk region, which has meanwhile been almost completely occupied by Russian troops.
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Ukraine News: According to Moscow, Kyiv lost 480 soldiers in one day
Just two days ago, on June 8, the Russian side announced heavy losses among Ukrainian fighters in the battles for Donbass in eastern Ukraine.
Overall, Ukraine (in all combat zones combined) lost more than 480 soldiers within 24 hours.
Picture taken June 10: A Ukrainian fighter in the Kharkiv region © SERGEY BOBOK/AFP
The Ministry of Defense in Moscow also mentioned rocket attacks on a tank factory in Kharkiv.
In addition, several command posts and troop concentrations as well as positions of rocket launchers with air-to-surface missiles were fired at around the metropolis.
However, the Ukrainian General Staff reported earlier this month that the enemy had gone on the defensive in Kharkiv in the north as well as in the south of the country.
Meanwhile, there is also a rhetorical threat of further escalation.
A Putin propagandist threatened Germany with an invasion.
(AFP/dpa/frs)
