22 May: NOT SO FAST! Ukrainian Forces STOP & COUNTERATTACK RUSSIANS in Urozhaine | War in Ukraine

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I am Ukrainian. My country has been invaded by Russia. In this video, I will tell you what happened on the eight-hundred-nineteenth day of the war.

Day 819: May 22

Today, there is a lot of news from the Velyka Novosilka direction.

Here, after months of relative inactivity, Russian forces have drastically increased the intensity of their offensive operations targeting the villages of Staromaiorske and Urozhaine. These villages, located south of Velyka Novosilka, hold tactical and symbolic significance, as these are the last settlements that Ukrainian forces recaptured during their counteroffensive in the summer of 2023.

The low intensity of the fighting in previous months was based on the fact that both sides needed to advance a significant number of kilometers across open fields in order to get close to the first defensive line, making these attacks highly dangerous. However, according to analysts, in the face of this apparent inactivity, Ukrainian forces may have moved some of their personnel to other hotter spots on the front line. This relocation, added to the lack of material suffered by Ukrainian forces in the past months, may have given the Russians an opportunity to make sudden advances to the borders of Staromaiorske and Urozhaine.

The primary objective for Russian forces in this area is Velyka Novosilka. This settlement serves as a vital stronghold surrounded from all sides by rivers, a..