🇷🇺 #Russian forces have closed the "#Volchansk pocket," liberating the settlements of Vasilevka, Blagodatnoye, Dolzhanka, and Sliznevo in the northeast of the #Kharkov region, reports the "Severny Veter" (Northern Wind) TG channel . Up to 2,000 #AFU soldiers could be encircled, the source claims. Clearing the territory will bring between 350 and 700 square kilometers under Russian control.