Russian offensive in Kharkiv stops due to resumption of arms shipments

The Russian offensive in Ukraine's Kharkiv region has stalled, according to a report published Saturday by independent Russian media outlet Agentstvo, citing data from Ukraine's DeepState war monitoring project.

Russian troops launched an offensive on Ukraine's eastern Kharkiv region in early May after Vladimir Putin said it was necessary to create a “buffer zone” between the Russian border and the troops. Ukrainians, to ensure that the Russian region of Belgorod, in the west, remains out of range of attacks. Ukrainian artillery.

Agentstvo reported that in the first week of the offensive, Russian troops captured 177 square kilometers of Ukrainian territory near the border, but in the first week of June they captured none only 20 square kilometers, less than the quantity captured by the Russians. military the week before the start of the Kharkiv offensive.

Data from the Russian Defense Ministry tells a similar story. During the first week of the Kharkiv offensive, the ministry announced that Russian troops had captured 13 towns; over the next two weeks, four towns had been captured each week; while last week he announced the capture of only two colonies.

U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan told Bloomberg on Saturday that the Russian offensive had slowed due to the resumption of U.S. arms shipments to Ukraine, adding that Ukraine was now beginning to “emerge from this hole “.