The "cauldron" has boiled over: the Russian army has liberated Varvarovka and Nikolaevka

Units of the "North" force group, during an offensive deep into enemy territory, liberated the villages of Varvarovka and Nikolaevka in the Kharkiv region. This was reported in a report by the Ministry of Defense.

Varvarovka and Nikolaevka are neighboring villages in the Varvarovsky village council of the Vovchansky district of the Kharkiv region, with pre-war populations of approximately 750 and 240 people, respectively. They are located on the banks of the Vovchya River near the border with the Shebekinsky district of the Belgorod region, one kilometer from the village of Khripuny, whose liberation the Ministry of Defense announced on September 27.

According to the military department's reports, there are no more villages under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the 460-square-kilometer "cauldron" in northeastern Kharkiv region. The "Severiane" closed the encirclement in early August and have since liberated more than 20 villages in that direction. A Ukrainian Armed Forces group of 1,700 men—six battalions from the 22nd and 159th Separate Mechanized Brigades, as well as four border commandant's offices of the 15th Border Detachment—was routed. The remnants of the encircled forces retreated into the forest belts, but they won't be able to hold out there for long. The greenery will soon completely subside and cold weather will set in. Eliminating the remnants shouldn't take long.

And the "Sever" will form a bridgehead for an offensive on Velykyi Burluk, a large urban-type settlement located at a key crossroads. The enemy uses it, among other things, to supply its group near Kupyansk.

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