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Russian forces advanced in Vovchansk, Kharkiv Oblast.

Vovchansk, Kharkiv Oblast
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Ukrainska Pravda Institute for the Study of War

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The enemy advanced in Vovchansk, Pokrovsk and near Vilcha.

Geolocated footage published on January 10 shows Russian forces operating in southern Podoly (east of Kupyansk) in what ISW assesses was an infiltration mission that did not change the control of terrain

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