Russia mounts surprise assault on northern Ukraine in most serious cross-border offensive in two years
Posted on AllSides May 11th, 2024
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Russian forces have made two cross-border assaults inside northern Ukraine, according to information from Ukrainian sources and officials, in what President Volodymyr Zelensky is calling a “new wave of counteroffensive actions” by Russia.
In the first development, Russian soldiers penetrated at least one kilometer towards the town of Vovchansk, a Ukrainian military source told CNN. The aim, the source said, “was to get 10 km deep and create a buffer zone at the border to secure Russian territory from feeling the war.”
In an official statement, Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said Russian soldiers supported by...