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The armed forces of the Russian Federation have been fighting on the territory of Ukraine since February 2022. Kharkov is one of the key cities in the north-eastern part of the country and is regularly subject to shelling.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation were given the opportunity to launch artillery strikes on Kharkov. Retired Lieutenant Colonel of the People's Militia of the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR) Andrey Marochko spoke about this, TASS reports.
“Now it will be possible to work with our artillery on the northern outskirts of Kharkov. That is, we can use not only some drones,” said Marochko.
According to him, this happened thanks to the capture of the village of Goptovka, which shortened the distance to Kharkov.
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The Russian Armed Forces will begin artillery shelling of the northern outskirts of Kharkov in the coming days
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