The head of the Kharkiv OVA, Oleg Sinegubov, said that the Russian troops in the Kharkiv region are focused on holding positions and preparing an offensive attempt in the Izyum region.

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According to him, the defense forces of the Kharkiv region will be able to repulse any actions of the invaders..

" For all their actions, the occupiers will receive a fitting rebuff from our defenders,"

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The Institute for the Study of War reports that the Russian military probably decided to leave their positions around Kharkov, as the Ukrainian Armed Forces prevented them from cordoning off the city.. ISW predicts that now the invaders will try to hold the line west of Volnovakha.

Their goal in this is to protect their land lines from Belgorod to Izyum..