Situation on front line right now is one of most difficult - Zelensky

Photo: President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy (Getty Images)

Currently, the situation on the front line is one of the most challenging, particularly due to the new advance of Russian forces in the Kharkiv region, reports President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an interview with Reuters.

"Currently the situation at the front is one of the most difficult because a new... Russian offensive has begun in the direction of Kharkiv," Zelenskyy said.

He noted that there is also a very powerful wave of hostilities in the Donetsk region.

"No one even notices that there are actually more battles in the east of the country, specifically in the Donbas direction: Kurakhove, Pokrovsk, Chasiv Yar," the president emphasized.

According to him, the situation is under control today.

" A week ago it was more difficult," Zelenskyy added.

Situation on the front line

According to the General Staff, today the highest number of combat clashes occurred in the Pokrovsk direction in the Donetsk region. The Russian forces are probing for weaknesses in the Ukrainian defense.

In the Kharkiv direction, the number of today's combat clashes has increased to four. Today, the enemy attacked twice near Vovchansk, and once each in the directions of the villages of Staritsa and Lyptsi.