President Volodymyr Zelenskyy described the scenario as ‘extraordinarily troublesome’ for Ukrainian forces.
Russia has been pounding Ukraine’s Kharkiv area with dozens of strikes since Saturday.
A number of residential buildings have been destroyed or broken, and the physique of 1 particular person was discovered beneath the rubble.
Heavy preventing has been mounting since Saturday following Russia’s sudden incursion within the Vovchansk space.
Over 5,000 residents have already been evacuated to safer areas.
Vovchansk metropolis navy administration head Tamaz Gambarashvili stated native authorities would goal to “utterly evacuate the inhabitants inside one or two days”.
“There have been small (Russian) teams that attempted to enter the town streets, however the armed forces reduce off these makes an attempt”, he added.
In his Sunday deal with, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated the town is “beneath fixed Russian fireplace”, describing the scenario as “extraordinarily troublesome”.
On the identical day, Ukraine hit again with a large shelling on Belgorod, partially destroying a residential constructing and killing at the very least 15 folks.
The Belgorod area, on Russia’s western border, has additionally been the goal of a lot of strikes.
Further sources • AP