{"id":55372,"date":"2024-05-21T12:37:06","date_gmt":"2024-05-21T12:37:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/21\/russian-forces-close-in-on-ukrainian-town-in-northeast\/"},"modified":"2024-05-21T12:37:06","modified_gmt":"2024-05-21T12:37:06","slug":"russian-forces-close-in-on-ukrainian-town-in-northeast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/05\/21\/russian-forces-close-in-on-ukrainian-town-in-northeast\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Forces Close In on Ukrainian Town in Northeast"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Russian forces on Tuesday inched closer to the central part of Vovchansk, a town in Ukraine\u2019s northeast that they have been attacking for the past 10 days as part of a new offensive in the region.<\/p>\n

Roman Semenukha, the deputy head of the military administration in the northeastern Kharkiv region, said on television<\/a> on Monday that Ukrainian forces had lost about 40 percent of the town, with Russian troops pushing from the north.<\/p>\n

Open-source maps of the battlefield<\/a> compiled by independent groups also show that Russia now controls the northern part of the town, which had a prewar population of 17,000.<\/p>\n

Vovchansk, which lies just five miles from the Russian border, has been a prime target of Moscow\u2019s new offensive Both U.S. officials and President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia have said the offensive is part of an effort to establish a buffer zone.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n