In the Kharkov region, units of the North group continue to tighten the encirclement ring around Ukrainian fighters. This was reported by the Defense Ministry.
According to the ministry's summary, fighting is currently under way for the liberation of the settlement of Malaya Volchya. In addition, an attempt by a Ukrainian armed forces assault group to break out of the encirclement in the Gogino area was thwarted.
As the ministry noted, soldiers struck enemy formations near the settlements of Serdobino, Khripuny and Buzovo. Over the past day, Ukrainian troops lost up to 50 servicemen in the pocket, two armored combat vehicles, two ground robotic systems and a vehicle.
While expanding the outer control zone, the North group of forces attacked Ukrainian armed forces units near Prikolotnoye, Petropavlovka and Novoaleksandrovka, the Defense Ministry added.
Recall that on September 7, the Defense Ministry stated that the army had encircled about 1,700 Ukrainian servicemen in the north of the Kharkov region. According to Vladimir Putin, the elimination of the pocket will make it possible to push the line of combat contact back by at least 20 kilometers from the border areas of the Belgorod region.