Russian forces continued limited ground attacks northeast of Kharkiv City near Starytsya and Vovchansk on January 8 and 9 but did not make any confirmed advances.
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Russian forces continued limited ground attacks northeast of Kharkiv City near Starytsya and Vovchansk on January 8 and 9 but did not make any confirmed advances
Russian Molniya drone struck business facility in Kharkiv on 9 January 2025
Andrii Besedin, head of the Kupiansk town military administration, said on Jan. 9 that Moscow's troops are trying to secure a bridgehead in the town of Dvorichna on the river's Ukraine-held western bank
Ukrainian troops entrenched mainly on the western bank and Russian forces moving to capture the eastern side
The 3rd Separate Assault Brigade has been performing tasks in the Kharkiv direction for 8 months and during this time has never ceded positions.
The enemy stormed the positions of Ukrainian defenders four times near Vovchansk.
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