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Ukrainian forces have carried out "tactically significant and successful localized counterattacks" against Russian troops along two sections of the front line, according to a new assessment, as NATO member states pledge future aid for Kyiv's war efforts against Moscow.
Ukrainian fighters have counterattacked along the border of the country's northeastern Kharkiv region and around Kreminna, a Russian-controlled city in Ukraine's eastern Luhansk region that sits close to the Donetsk border, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW), a U.S. think tank, said Wednesday.
In early May, Moscow launched a cross-border offensive into the Kharkiv region, quickly gaining a handful of villages across the border, including those north of Kharkiv City. It is Ukraine's second-largest city, and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Kyiv "cannot afford to lose Kharkiv."
Russian troops also attacked further east along the border, around the city of Vovchansk and Starytsya, a settlement just southwest of Vovchansk.
Ukrainian officials warned that Russia hopes to divide Kyiv's scarce resources, pulling soldiers and equipment from other parts of the front line. Ukraine said shortly after the offensive began that it had stemmed Russia's advances while reporting intensified pushes from Moscow in the east of the country.
Ukraine has been counterattacking along the Kharkiv border and around Kreminna for around two months, the ISW said. Russia has pulled elements of forces from other parts of Ukraine, the think tank said, which is a "strong indicator that Russian forces are beginning to feel the pressure of Ukrainian counterattacks."
Newsweek has reached out by email to the Russian Defense Ministry for comment.
The ISW previously said Ukraine had retaken positions north of Kharkiv City while Russia was still making slow but steady gains in the east. Russia has "recently marginally advanced northwest of Kreminna" while attacking down from the Kharkiv city of Kupiansk to Svatove, a Luhansk city north of Kreminna, the think tank said. --->READ MORE HEREMost combat engagements between Ukrainian and Russian forces in past 24 hours occur on Pokrovsk front – Ukraine's General Staff:
The number of Russian offensives and assaults across the war zone has increased to 62 since the beginning of the day, with most of them taking place on the Pokrovsk front.
Source: General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on Facebook, information as of 16:00 on 11 July
Details: On the Kharkiv front, Russian forces conducted three unsuccessful assault operations near the settlements of Vovchansk and Hlyboke.
On the Kupiansk front, the Russians are unsuccessfully trying to improve their tactical position near the settlements of Synkivka and Berestove, having increased the number of assault operations to four. Half of them have been successfully repelled by Ukraine's defence forces, while two assaults near Berestove are still in progress.
On the Lyman front, the Russians mounted five attacks near the settlements of Makiivka and Nevske over the past 24 hours.
On the Siversk front, Russian troops are attacking near the settlements of Rozdolivka and Verkhnokamianske. The number of combat engagements increased to three.
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