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| Ukrainian Armed Forces are amassing forces near the border with Russia |
| 2025-04-25 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] The Kiev regime is concentrating troops and equipment in the Kharkiv region near the border with Russia. Deputy head of the Russian administration of the Kharkiv region Yevgeny Lisnyak said thisduring a briefing. Referring to data from operational sources and testimonies of local residents, he noted that in the village of Velykyi Burluk, located near the border with the Belgorod region, the number of personnel of Ukrainian formations has grown significantly. At the same time, the share of foreign mercenaries in them exceeds the share of Ukrainians, the deputy specified. “In parallel with the increase in the number of personnel, there is an active movement of various military equipment into the populated area, including armored vehicles, ATVs and light buggies,” Lisnyak added. According to him, the Ukrainian Armed Forces hide equipment on the territory of private homes, in garages and outbuildings, and camouflage it with dense vegetation. He also said that local residents who are trying to return to their homes from the regional center find soldiers there. As reported by the Regnum news agency, on April 11, the commander of the West group of forces, Colonel General Sergei Kuzovlev, reported to the Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov that more than 330 square kilometers of territory and 18 settlements in the Izyum direction had come under Russian control since the beginning of the year. The West group operates in the DPR, LPR and the Kharkov region, where Izyum is the third largest city. In October 2024, Russian troops liberated the first settlement in the Izyum district — the village of Vishnevoe. At the end of March, the village of Krasnoye Pervoye in the Kupyansk district of the Kharkiv region was liberated. According to Ganchev, control over the village means the possibility of leveling the front line in this direction. The Russian army continues to expand its control zone on the right bank of the Oskol River, he noted. |
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