The British Defense Ministry about the situation near Kharkiv: the army of the Russian Federation is poorly holding the front of the front, but trying to skew the Ukrainian forces

According to the Ministry of Defense of the United Kingdom, the occupation troops of the Russian Federation are poorly holding the front area in the Kharkiv area, but they try to cling to Ukrainian forces here. The summary of Twitter states that Kharkiv has become one of the most fired cities in Ukraine since the beginning of the invasion, despite the fact that the front line in the area has advanced since May. Kharkiv Video is about 15 km from the front line.

The city is within the reach of most species of Russian artillery: shelling with RSLS and inaccurate enclosures led to a large part of it. "The Russian forces are relatively poorly holding the Kharkiv sector, but continue to carry out local raids and test attacks against Ukrainian forces. They are likely to force Ukraine to leave significant forces at this front to prevent them from being used in other places," the statement reads .

Late on the evening of August 17, Russian troops struck the rocket strike of the Saltov district of Kharkiv. Fully destroyed residential three -storey building. The strike was pre -rockets. The SES reported that among the dead - the elderly with disabilities. A total of 17 people were killed, 42 more were injured.