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Tuesday, March 15, 2022
Russian attempt to push into Kharkiv rebuffed — local official
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUkrainian forces have repelled an attack on Kharkiv by Russian troops, who tried to storm the city from their positions in Piatykhatky, a suburb 15 kilometers (9 miles) to the north, the head of the Kharkiv region says.
The Ukrainian army was able “to push the enemy back beyond its previous position,” Oleh Synehubov says on the messaging app Telegram. He calls it a “shameful defeat.”
There is no information about casualties on either side.
#Ukraine ????????: heavy bombardments on the Saltivka district on the northeastern edge of #Kharkiv tonight. pic.twitter.com/iomvKWWxGm
— Thomas van Linge (@ThomasVLinge) March 15, 2022
After dark, Russian forces increased their shelling of the eastern city, Ukraine’s second largest. On Tuesday morning, Synehubov had said Russian troops the previous night had fired more than 60 missiles at the historical center of the city.
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