24.10.2024 – Translated from Ukrainian via Google and OFP
Ukrainian defenders in the Kharkov region do not rule out the possibility of the Russian invaders capturing the left-bank Kupyanshchyna. However, the occupiers will not be able to force the Oskol River to cross to the right bank.
This was reported by the commander of the battalion of strike unmanned aerial complexes “Achilles” of the 92nd separate assault brigade Yuriy Fedorenko. He recalled that Ukrainian soldiers were able to do this in 2022 during the Kharkov counteroffensive.
“Then we managed to do it solely because of the bravery of the personnel and the fact that the commanders knew how to do it. The Oskol River is very nimble and it is not easy to do it,” the battalion commander noted.
Fedorenko added that Ukrainian defenders now have unmanned systems that they did not have in 2022, “so the Russians will not have the opportunity to cross Oskol in the short term.”
The invaders in the Kharkiv region do not stop using “meat assaults”, losing dozens of their soldiers and equipment every day.
“They will suffer significant losses. The first assault – 50 units of armored vehicles, only two returned. The second assault – 17 units of equipment, only two left the battlefield, the rest were destroyed by the Defense Forces,” the battalion commander said about the morning of October 24.
Just this morning, his Achilles battalion managed to destroy one tank, two infantry fighting vehicles and two cars. Fedorenko showed a corresponding video.
As reported by OBOZ.UA , according to the latest data from the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, in the Kharkov direction, the enemy attacked nine times near the settlements of Vovchansk and Tykhoye. In the Kupyansk direction, there were also nine attacks by the invaders during the day, the Defense Forces repelled the enemy’s assault actions near Peschanoye, Kruglyakovka, Stepnaya Novoselovka, Lozovaya, Vishnevoye and Pervomayskoye. In total, 148 combat clashes took place on the front during the current day, two enemy command posts were hit.
Meanwhile, the administration of US President Joe Biden confirmed that the DPRK sent its troops to Russia in October. If they fight as part of the occupation army against Ukraine, they will become legitimate targets for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, said White House Communications Advisor John Kirby.