{"id":5033,"date":"2025-04-12T12:02:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T12:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/russians-preparing-for-assault-in-kharkiv-oblast-ukrainian-military-warns\/"},"modified":"2025-04-12T12:02:11","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T12:02:11","slug":"russians-preparing-for-assault-in-kharkiv-oblast-ukrainian-military-warns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/russians-preparing-for-assault-in-kharkiv-oblast-ukrainian-military-warns\/","title":{"rendered":"Russians preparing for assault in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukrainian military warns"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2205709300.jpg\" alt=\"Russians preparing for assault in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukrainian military warns\"><\/p>\n<p>Russian forces are regrouping and preparing for renewed assault in the Kharkiv Oblast, according to Ukraine\u2019s Operational-Strategic Group of Forces \u201cKhortytsia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In an official statement from April 12, &#8220;Khortytsia&#8221; reported that although no offensive actions were carried out by Russian troops in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q%3Dhttps:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/kharkiv-oblast\/%26amp;sa%3DD%26amp;source%3Deditors%26amp;ust%3D1744454110384831%26amp;usg%3DAOvVaw0H9eqCtZsonAjC8GL5C-20&amp;sa=D&amp;source=docs&amp;ust=1744454110392803&amp;usg=AOvVaw0XoAkrewxSMgxjb-DIQKrT\">Kharkiv direction<\/a> over the last day, Russians are actively replenishing their units and getting ready to resume offensive operations in the region.<\/p>\n<p>In the Kupiansk area, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q%3Dhttps:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/ukrainian-armed-forces\/%26amp;sa%3DD%26amp;source%3Deditors%26amp;ust%3D1744454110385400%26amp;usg%3DAOvVaw1Y9khsR1Z0LG7tjmRn0_fc&amp;sa=D&amp;source=docs&amp;ust=1744454110392929&amp;usg=AOvVaw1jecf3d0BaXBSO_KBMUB3R\">Ukrainian troops<\/a> thwarted Russian assault attempts near Kindrashivka, Kamianka and Zahryzove. A mechanized assault involving five armored vehicles near Lozova and Nova Kruhliakivka was stopped.<\/p>\n<p>Russian forces also launched attacks in the Lyman sector on the border of Luhansk and Donetsk oblasts, targeting areas around Novoyehorivka, Hrekivka, Olhivka, Ridkodub, Hlushchenkove, Novomykhailivka, Yampolivka, Torske and Nove. All <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q%3Dhttps:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/russia\/%26amp;sa%3DD%26amp;source%3Deditors%26amp;ust%3D1744454110386088%26amp;usg%3DAOvVaw2R7UiEWr4lA-4mX_k4R1wA&amp;sa=D&amp;source=docs&amp;ust=1744454110393086&amp;usg=AOvVaw2WzO4VT2wZmKRgcCwJuyYt\">Russian<\/a> advances were repelled. Russian units also failed to gain ground in the Serebryansky forest.<\/p>\n<p>In the Kramatorsk and Toretsk directions in Donetsk Oblast, assault actions of varying intensity took place near Predtechyne, Orikhovo-Vasylivka, Chasiv Yar, Druzhba, Dyliivka and Toretsk, with no loss of Ukrainian positions.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian forces continued attempts to breach Ukrainian defenses in the Pokrovsk direction, attacking toward Yelyzavetivka, Zvirove, Preobrazhenka, Kotliarivka, Oleksiivka, Pishchane, Udachne, Lysivka, Novosergiivka and Andriivka.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ukraine\u2019s Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q%3Dhttps:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/oleksandr-syrskyi\/%26amp;sa%3DD%26amp;source%3Deditors%26amp;ust%3D1744454110387096%26amp;usg%3DAOvVaw2iICIdZGA2w7-U9xJrFM6U&amp;sa=D&amp;source=docs&amp;ust=1744454110393272&amp;usg=AOvVaw3RwCbvB6jJhJ3M_N0sbvy_\">Oleksandr Syrskyi<\/a>, Russian personnel losses have exceeded 140,000 troops (140,650), since the beginning of the war.<\/p>\n<p>The Kyiv Independent couldn&#8217;t independently verify Syrskyi&#8217;s statement.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"kg-card kg-bookmark-card\"><a class=\"kg-bookmark-container\" href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/dont-come-theres-nothing-good-here-chinese-soldiers-warn-against-following-russian-propaganda-to-fight-in-ukraine\/\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-content\">\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-title\">\u2018Don\u2019t come, there\u2019s nothing good here\u2019 \u2014 Chinese soldiers warn against following Russian propaganda to fight in Ukraine<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-description\">The Ukrainian military recently captured two Chinese soldiers fighting for Russia. Kyiv subsequently released data on a total of 163 Chinese nationals identified by Ukrainian intelligence as fighting for Moscow. \u201cWe are collecting information, we believe that there are many more,\u201d President Volodym\u2026<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-metadata\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"kg-bookmark-icon\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.kyivindependent.com\/content\/images\/size\/w256h256\/format\/png\/2023\/03\/K-new.svg\" alt=\"Russians preparing for assault in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukrainian military warns\"><span class=\"kg-bookmark-author\">The Kyiv Independent<\/span><span class=\"kg-bookmark-publisher\">Kollen Post<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kg-bookmark-thumbnail\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/photo_2025-04-09_21-23-13-1.jpg\" alt=\"Russians preparing for assault in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukrainian military warns\"><\/div>\n<p><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p> &#8211; https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/tag\/ukraine\/rss\/<\/p>\n<p>This article appeared on the websitekyivindependent.com<br \/>\nThis article is taken based on Law no. 8\/1996 of Romania. News does not enjoy copyright, so they can be taken, this is our right to take news and information in its entirety and distribute them further. The content was made available to us through the rss mechanism<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/kyivindependent.com\/russians-preparing-for-assault-near-kharkiv-ukrainian-military-warns\/\">Original Content<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russian forces are regrouping and preparing for renewed assault in the Kharkiv Oblast, according to Ukraine\u2019s Operational-Strategic Group of Forces \u201cKhortytsia.\u201d In an official statement from April 12, &#8220;Khortytsia&#8221; reported that although no offensive actions were carried out by Russian troops in the Kharkiv direction over the last day, Russians are actively replenishing their units<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/russians-preparing-for-assault-in-kharkiv-oblast-ukrainian-military-warns\/\"> [&hellip;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":5034,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1152,1],"tags":[581,64,35,2099,1386,1157,1749,2158,1178,1957],"class_list":["post-5033","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-kyivindependent","category-news","tag-assault","tag-for","tag-in","tag-kharkiv","tag-military","tag-oblast","tag-preparing","tag-russians","tag-ukrainian","tag-warns"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Russians preparing for assault in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukrainian military warns - News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/russians-preparing-for-assault-in-kharkiv-oblast-ukrainian-military-warns\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Russians preparing for assault in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukrainian military warns - News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Russian forces are regrouping and preparing for renewed assault in the Kharkiv Oblast, according to Ukraine\u2019s Operational-Strategic Group of Forces \u201cKhortytsia.\u201d In an official statement from April 12, &#8220;Khortytsia&#8221; reported that although no offensive actions were carried out by Russian troops in the Kharkiv direction over the last day, Russians are actively replenishing their units [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/russians-preparing-for-assault-in-kharkiv-oblast-ukrainian-military-warns\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-04-12T12:02:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2205709300.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Misu Videan\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Misu Videan\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/russians-preparing-for-assault-in-kharkiv-oblast-ukrainian-military-warns\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/russians-preparing-for-assault-in-kharkiv-oblast-ukrainian-military-warns\/\",\"name\":\"Russians preparing for assault in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukrainian military warns - News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/russians-preparing-for-assault-in-kharkiv-oblast-ukrainian-military-warns\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/russians-preparing-for-assault-in-kharkiv-oblast-ukrainian-military-warns\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/photo_2025-04-09_21-23-13-1-1.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-04-12T12:02:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-04-12T12:02:11+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/7d76dd7ecd7d235e40cce6ec62083b69\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/russians-preparing-for-assault-in-kharkiv-oblast-ukrainian-military-warns\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/russians-preparing-for-assault-in-kharkiv-oblast-ukrainian-military-warns\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/russians-preparing-for-assault-in-kharkiv-oblast-ukrainian-military-warns\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/photo_2025-04-09_21-23-13-1-1.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/photo_2025-04-09_21-23-13-1-1.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":853},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/russians-preparing-for-assault-in-kharkiv-oblast-ukrainian-military-warns\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Prima pagin\u0103\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Russians preparing for assault in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukrainian military warns\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/\",\"name\":\"News\",\"description\":\"Euro TV News Agency\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/7d76dd7ecd7d235e40cce6ec62083b69\",\"name\":\"Misu Videan\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2584ffca062277b8497cf6c9182e423c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2584ffca062277b8497cf6c9182e423c?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Misu Videan\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.ziaruldebanat.ro\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/author\/mihai_vidjean\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Russians preparing for assault in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukrainian military warns - News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/russians-preparing-for-assault-in-kharkiv-oblast-ukrainian-military-warns\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Russians preparing for assault in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukrainian military warns - News","og_description":"Russian forces are regrouping and preparing for renewed assault in the Kharkiv Oblast, according to Ukraine\u2019s Operational-Strategic Group of Forces \u201cKhortytsia.\u201d In an official statement from April 12, &#8220;Khortytsia&#8221; reported that although no offensive actions were carried out by Russian troops in the Kharkiv direction over the last day, Russians are actively replenishing their units [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/russians-preparing-for-assault-in-kharkiv-oblast-ukrainian-military-warns\/","og_site_name":"News","article_published_time":"2025-04-12T12:02:11+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/GettyImages-2205709300.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"Misu Videan","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Misu Videan","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/russians-preparing-for-assault-in-kharkiv-oblast-ukrainian-military-warns\/","url":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/russians-preparing-for-assault-in-kharkiv-oblast-ukrainian-military-warns\/","name":"Russians preparing for assault in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukrainian military warns - News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/russians-preparing-for-assault-in-kharkiv-oblast-ukrainian-military-warns\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/russians-preparing-for-assault-in-kharkiv-oblast-ukrainian-military-warns\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/photo_2025-04-09_21-23-13-1-1.jpg","datePublished":"2025-04-12T12:02:11+00:00","dateModified":"2025-04-12T12:02:11+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/7d76dd7ecd7d235e40cce6ec62083b69"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/russians-preparing-for-assault-in-kharkiv-oblast-ukrainian-military-warns\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/russians-preparing-for-assault-in-kharkiv-oblast-ukrainian-military-warns\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/russians-preparing-for-assault-in-kharkiv-oblast-ukrainian-military-warns\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/photo_2025-04-09_21-23-13-1-1.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/photo_2025-04-09_21-23-13-1-1.jpg","width":1280,"height":853},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/russians-preparing-for-assault-in-kharkiv-oblast-ukrainian-military-warns\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Prima pagin\u0103","item":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Russians preparing for assault in Kharkiv Oblast, Ukrainian military warns"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/","name":"News","description":"Euro TV News Agency","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/7d76dd7ecd7d235e40cce6ec62083b69","name":"Misu Videan","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2584ffca062277b8497cf6c9182e423c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/2584ffca062277b8497cf6c9182e423c?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Misu Videan"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ziaruldebanat.ro"],"url":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/author\/mihai_vidjean\/"}]}},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2025\/04\/photo_2025-04-09_21-23-13-1-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5033","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5033"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5033\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.euro-tv.ro\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}