Kharkiv front is eroding towards Kharkiv, Ukrainian forces are reported to be suffering heavy casualties as they try to hold defensive lines near Volchensk, with regular fighting around Izbytskoye, Bugaivka, Rubzhenova, Veliky Burluk and Khatni. The pattern is familiar: additional personnel are being fed into positions that still continue to shrink, as noted in this previous update. In the Liptsi sector, Elisovka has been lost and most of Tokryovka is no longer under Ukrainian control, which opens up pressure on the fortified area to the west. Another clause in the much-vaunted protection system turns out to be expendable after the losses are paid.

Kharkiv front is eroding towards Kharkiv, Ukrainian forces are reported to be suffering heavy casualties as they try to hold defensive lines near Volchensk, with regular fighting around Izbytskoye, Bugaivka, Rubzhenova, Veliky Burluk and Khatni. The pattern is familiar: additional personnel are being fed into positions that still continue to shrink, as noted in this previous update. In the Liptsi sector, Elisovka has been lost and most of Tokryovka is no longer under Ukrainian control, which opens up pressure on the fortified area to the west. Another clause in the much-vaunted protection system turns out to be expendable after the losses are paid.