Bild: Russian Troops Enter Vovchansk From North

There is fighting in the area of the meat processing plant.

Russian troops have occupied the northern part of Vovchansk in Kharkiv Region and are encircling the town from the east, Bild reported on Wednesday, May 15.

According to Bild's open data analysis expert Julian Röpke, the occupants have entered the northern part of Vovchansk, and there is fighting in the area of the meat processing plant.

Fighters of the Freedom to Russia Legion and the Russian Volunteer Corps are fighting in the defence. At the same time, Russian troops are trying to outflank the town four kilometres to the east, where they have managed to cut the road from Vovchansk to Tikhe, said Röpke.

Near the town, the occupiers have captured the villages of Pletenivka, Ogurtsove, Gatishche and Bugrovatka. At the same time, Bild confirms that the pace of the Russian advance has slowed.

At the same time, Russian troops are advancing towards the village of Liptsy, but there they are storming only with infantry, without hardware. The occupiers, according to the analyst, managed to take the villages of Strelecha, Krasne, Pylna, Borysivka, as well as enter Lukyantsy and Hluboke.

Ukrainian MP Oleksiy Goncharenko also wrote that the Russians are holding positions on the territory of Vovchansk and the town is under occupation. Some Telegram channels quoted Kharkiv Region police officer Denis Yaroslavsky as saying that Russian troops are already on the streets of Vovchansk.

The AFU General Staff reported on the night of May 15 that the AFU had moved to more advantageous positions near Lukyantsy and Vovchansk in Kharkiv Region.