The United States continues to see “major fighting in and around Kharkiv” and the area “remains heavily contested,” a US defense official told reporters on Tuesday – the sixth day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. .
In the southern part of the country, the US continues to see Russian forces make “more progress” and be “more successful there, in terms of movement along their axes,” the official said.
Russian forces are advancing in two axes in the south. From Crimea, there is a part that goes to the northwest and another that goes to the northeast, the official said.
The Ukrainian city of Kherson looks “very hot at the moment”, he said.
From the northeast, Russian forces “are still outside Mariupol” and “have not yet advanced into the city,” the official said.
“They are close enough now to attack Mariupol with long-range fires and again we haven’t seen much activity but we don’t believe they are in Mariupol,” he added.
The US says it believes Russian forces are occupying Berdyansk and Melitopol, which is west of Berdyansk and further from the coast of the Sea of Azov, the official said.
“Again, if you draw that line from Mariupol to Kharkiv, we can see a continued desire by the Russians to connect on these two lines, they haven’t made much progress, but we still believe that’s their intention,” he added.
Source: CNN Brasil
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