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The Russian Defence Ministry said connected Saturday (January 24, 2026) its forces had completed the takeover of the colony of Starytsya in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region.
The colony is adjacent the municipality of Vovchansk, adjacent to the Ukraine-Russia border, wherever Russian forces launched an incursion successful May 2024.
Moscow’s troops person successful caller months tried to widen gains successful the country contempt Ukrainian resistance.
The General Staff of Ukraine’s military, successful a study precocious connected Saturday (January 24), said Russian forces had launched six attacks connected an country including Starytsya. But it made nary acknowledgement that the colony had changed hands.
Ukraine’s DeepState subject blog, which uses open-source reports to way the positions of some armies, made nary notation of the colony successful a study connected Friday (January 23), but said Russian forces “are continuing their unit successful the Vovchansk area”.
The Russian Defence Ministry study said Moscow’s troops had besides carried retired a monolithic onslaught overnight connected Ukrainian long-range drone sites and vigor facilities.
Reuters could not independently verify the battlefield reports. Russian forces person been engaged successful a dilatory thrust westward done southeastern Ukraine, announcing the seizure of caller villages respective times a week.
Most of its gains person been successful the Donetsk region, but Russian forces person besides applied unit to Ukrainian defences successful the Kharkiv portion and successful the Zaporizhzhia portion to the south, which they partially occupy.
