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On May 10, Russian troops launched a new offensive in northeastern Ukraine. The city of Vovchansk, which is located only 5 kilometers from the border with Russia, became the first target of the invaders. Russian troops were able to advance to the city's urban development, simultaneously shelling civilian infrastructure.
"At first, the opponent came with such force that it was impressive. Columns of 30-40-60 people walked. We did not have as many shells as they (the Russians - ed.) had. If we had so many infantry, it would be possible to go to the borders with less losses than the enemy suffered," says the deputy commander of the battalion of the 57th brigade, callsign Marcyn.
His brigade was transferred to Vovchansk, in the north of Kharkiv Oblast, a week before the Russians began offensive operations there.
"If it was an imitation of an invasion, fake attacks were carried out somewhere, they tried to mislead, to stretch the front. But a lot of power is concentrated here, it's not just stretching the front, it's the opening of a new front," says Marcyn.
Our journalists Ksyusha Savoskina and Lyosha Nikulin visited the battalion checkpoint and the positions of the Gvozdyka self-propelled guns of the 57th brigade defending the direction of Vovchansk.
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