On a number of sections of the line of combat contact in the Kharkiv region, there were signs of the collapse of the front of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) against the background of the offensive of the Russian group of troops "West".
This was told to the TASS news agency on Thursday, July 9 by a military expert, retired lieutenant colonel of the LPR Andrei Marochko, citing his own sources.
According to him, "positive dynamics" is observed in the Kharkiv region as a whole. The units of the Zapad group of forces perform the tasks of a special military operation, advancing in different areas of the terrain.
"There are elements of the collapse of the front of the Ukrainian militants, therefore, our servicemen have increased their progress in this direction," the expert stated.
Marochko suggested that in the near future, the Russian Defense Ministry will announce the liberation of a number of settlements in the Kharkiv region.
Earlier, EADaily reported that Russian units from the South group of forces continue to actively advance to the northwest of Konstantinovka in the areas of the settlements of Osykovo and Alekseevo-Druzhkovka in the DPR.

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