{"id":52180,"date":"2024-05-14T15:37:15","date_gmt":"2024-05-14T05:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abnews.com.au\/?p=52180"},"modified":"2024-05-14T15:37:15","modified_gmt":"2024-05-14T05:37:15","slug":"russia-rains-attacks-on-ukraines-kharkiv-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aglowmedia.com.au\/?p=52180","title":{"rendered":"Russia rains attacks on Ukraine&#8217;s Kharkiv region after launching offensive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Russia pummelled towns and villages in Ukraine&#8217;s northeastern Kharkiv region on Monday, days after launching a surprise ground offensive over the border that has forced thousands to evacuate.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Ukrainian army acknowledged Russia was &#8220;achieving tactical success&#8221; after launching a ground assault on Friday that has sparked the evacuation of almost 6,000 people.<\/p>\n<p>But President Volodymyr Zelensky stressed Ukraine had sent in reinforcements, and that a &#8220;counterattack&#8221; was ongoing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our task is clear: to thwart Russia&#8217;s attempt to expand the war,&#8221; he said in an evening address.<\/p>\n<p>Russia&#8217;s defence ministry said its troops had &#8220;improved the tactical position and dealt a blow to (Ukrainian) manpower&#8221; around border villages, including Lyptsi, and the town of Vovchansk.<\/p>\n<p>Kateryna Stepanova, 74, who fled Lyptsi with her son, said several bombs had hit her street.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We weren&#8217;t going to leave&#8230; but now this. Thankfully, we&#8217;re alive,&#8221; she said, sitting in a minibus at a gathering point for evacuees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Russia pummelled towns and villages in Ukraine&#8217;s northeastern Kharkiv region on Monday, days after launching a surprise ground offensive over the border that has forced thousands to evacuate. The Ukrainian army acknowledged Russia was &#8220;achieving tactical success&#8221; after launching a ground assault on Friday that has sparked the evacuation of almost 6,000 people. But President [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":52186,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[1472],"class_list":["post-52180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english","tag-russia-rains-attacks-on-ukraines-kharkiv-region-after-launching-offensive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aglowmedia.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52180","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aglowmedia.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aglowmedia.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aglowmedia.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aglowmedia.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aglowmedia.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52180\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aglowmedia.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aglowmedia.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aglowmedia.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aglowmedia.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}