The situation in the Kharkiv direction: the enemy is hitting civilians, using civilians as human shields
The enemy is trying to capture Vovchansk, shooting battles continue on the northern outskirts of the city. Battles are also ongoing in Lukyantsi of the Lipetsk community, a slight advance of enemy troops is recorded, but "our fighters are fighting intensively to hold this settlement," said the head of Kharkiv OVA Oleg Synegubov.
The enemy changed the tactics of mass offensives, as it was at the beginning of a full-scale invasion, to advancing in small groups. They move through forest strips, plantations, bushes.
Sinegubov also reported that up to 200 people remain in Vovchansk and urged them to evacuate and save their lives.