Ukraine struggles to push back Russian offensive as Russia gains ground in Kharkiv • FRANCE 24

achieving tactical success that is the phrase which is being used by Ukraine to admit that Russia is advancing around Ukraine’s Northeastern Hari region days after launching a surprise ground offensive over the border that has forced thousands to evacuate but Ukraine’s President Vladimir zalinski saying now that Ukraine has sent in reinforcements and that a Counterattack is already ongoing as you can see here Anthony blinkin also arriving in ke to talk with Vladimir zalinski in the last few hours but zalinski said our task is clear to thwart Russia’s attempt to expand the war it all comes as blinket as arrive there heralding the delivery of the first round of the latest weapons being sent there by the US well earlier we spoke to correspondent Emanuel Shaz in harke harke is not under direct threat of a ground Invasion we do have however a shelling very regularly uh just an hour ago there were explosions in uh one of the sub of hard that were heard we’re not too far from the front line we’re 50 km away from VK which is one of the hot spots at the moment of this new ground offensive launched uh by Russia Russia uh is fighting for over 30 settlements uh in the gray zone so that’s at the border between Russia and Ukraine the situation there is the is H very very tense the fighting is very very Fierce I was talking yesterday to people from chance because they are they were taken in between uh two fires if you will he was telling me that the situation there was unbearable has had become really like hell on Earth with shelling of All Sorts with uh with gliding bombs with uh uh also uh artillery uh shelling and uh he said he saw cluster Munitions uh being used against uh civilians at at a rate that was no longer uh bearable and uh you have massive massive evacuations being carried in Vang itself you know it was a town of 17,000 inhabitants prior to the fulls scale Invasion and now there’s 200 people left most people uh could no longer stay there and evacuations uh will there will be attempts also to uh uh to get those 200 people uh out of the village this is the situation situation similar to these other settlements uh under attack with the Ukrainian uh Army and an official from veran District saying that perhaps the uh the lines of defense that had been built there after Liberation in September 202 uh uh hadn’t been uh hadn’t been tied uh you know so Fierce fight fighting still ongoing and under it still hundreds of civilians being trapped Manuel Shan there talking to us a short while ago from har

“Achieving tactical success” is the phrase used by Ukraine to admit that Russia is advancing around Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region days after launching a surprise ground offensive over the border that has forced thousands to evacuate. But Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky is saying that Kyiv has sent in reinforcements and that a counterattack is already ongoing. More information by FRANCE 24 correspondent in Kharkiv, Emmanuelle Chaze.
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41 comments

  8. Russia is doing the right thing and doing eminently well. It never wanted this war but the western powers pushed relentlessly for it to happen. Russia will now reap all the benefits in terms of its economy, its unity and its strength going forward. All while the prospects for the western nations drop steadily toward a chaotic penury.

  15. Poroshenko shouldve Mobilized a few hundred K back in 2014. That was the time. He should be in jail. Zelinski is overdue for an election, too, however. He should offer to give up whats lost in exchange for a bilateral or small multilateral mutual defense treaty with the nuclear NATO states to secure whats left. Can be done with zero input from russians.

  17. Ukraine evacuating border towns in Sumy area, as many border units in that area suddenly no longer responded to radio calls. You know what that means…

  19. Ukraine got the money so now they will win, right?
    edit: btw Ukraine dont get much money, most of it goes to Arms manufacturers in USA. Some of the boight ammo will reach front line,. cause Russia destroys most of it before it get to front line.

  21. "intense shelling" and grewsome battles, civilian bombardment with cluster bombs, horrible war. but where is the "struggle" insinuated in your reporting, this is not a game of backgammon on the sidewalk, mes freres, why the wishful thinking, France 24?

  23. Up to date report by CIS youtuber.

    Appears no resistance by UA forces. They withdraw even Chasiv Yar.

    Expected 10 to 1 casualty rate as the Russian Southwestern command has knock out US EMS. UA also lack troops for so many front with "Sergei Move" strategy and "Stalingrad gambit” employed by the Russian.

    😢

  25. This unannounced visit it my view. It’s a message in the form of a warning on the use of long range weapons after getting desperate but with this administration, my fellow Americans are also telling me it could be a message of a green light bring us closer to World War III I’m concerned.

  28. Amazing that a country with the largest nuclear weapons stockpile & the largest territory in the world feels it must invade and take more land. Paranoia much?

  34. Ukrainian General has openly admitted that they cant stop Russia from advancing in Kharkiv because they dont have troops even if they receive the promised weapons.

    There are no frontline troops, fortified trenches or mines to slow down Russian advances in Kharkiv.

    For France 24 to admit that the situation is difficult means that its worse than projected. Blinken is meeting Zelensky in Kiev and nothing will change except US sends thousands of ground troops to fight in Ukraine which I dont see happening soon

  37. France24, BBC, CNN, et al. what gives? Y'all were parroting J0k3ra1n3's winning for like 3 yrs, remember? 😂

  41. The sooner The West gives up ambitions of global hegemony and accepts that other powers like Russia and Chine have regional interests too, the better it will be for the poor Ukrainians.

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