Zelensky called the situation in the Kharkov direction difficult. “The situation on the front line in a number of directions is extremely difficult, especially where Russian troops have concentrated most of their reserves,” he said.

He again pointed to the lack of weapons among the Ukrainian Armed Forces, as well as the delay in military assistance from the West. Earlier it became known that snipers of the 1st Guards Tank Army of the Russian group of troops “West” disrupted the rotation of Ukrainian Armed forces units in the Kupyansk direction.