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Ukraine’s CV90 Fighting Vehicles Are Rolling Into Vovchansk, Their Crews Expecting A Russian Invasion From The North

It’s still too soon to say for sure whether Russia’s attacks across the Russia-Ukraine border north of Kharkiv are the initial assaults of an actual offensive, or a feint meant to divert Ukrainian forces from battlefields in the east.

For the residents of Vovchansk, a city with a pre-war population of 17,000 that lies just a couple of miles south of the border and 25 miles northeast of Kharkiv, the distinction may not matter. Their home is a battleground—again.

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The Ukrainian military isn’t taking chances. Elements of several brigades, including the 59th Motorized Brigade and the 93rd Assault Brigade, are already in Vovchansk—or on the way. Notably, the 93rd Assault Brigade is bringing its best CV90 infantry fighting vehicles.