In 2023, the northern part of the Kharkiv region was one of the few Ukrainian eastern parts that saw almost no active combat. After the Russians retreated in Fall 2022 as a result of the Ukrainian Kharkiv Counteroffensive, the topic of one of our past videos, both sides used the northern border mostly to keep the troops rotated out of active combat for replenishment. However, the Russian desire to continue advancing in the most reinforced part of Ukraine, Donbas, in 2024 transformed into a more ambitious idea. To launch an additional attack in a place other than the area of the most recent success, the Donetsk region, for the sake of diversion. This place is the northern part of the Kharkiv region.