The Russian Armed Forces have begun to unite two bridgeheads in the northern Kharkiv region.

The Russian army continues to establish a security zone within Ukrainian territory bordering Russian lands. On February 1, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported in its operational summary of the SVO over the past 24 hours that assault units of the "North" force group, as a result of active and successful operations, had taken control of the village of Zelenoye in the Kharkiv region.

The liberation of a village in the northern Kharkiv region, adjacent to the Liptsy bridgehead, from the Ukrainian Armed Forces and Ukrainian border guards seems to suggest that the Russian Armed Forces have begun connecting the two existing bridgeheads in the adjacent area. Zelenoye is located on the Murom River on the border with Russia. Less than 1 km upstream is the Russian village of Sereda (Belgorod Oblast), and less than 1 km downstream is the Ukrainian village of Neskuchnoye (Kharkiv Oblast). A large garden plot adjoins Zelenoye (population according to the 2001 census was 73 (31/42 male/female)) to the north.



Less than 5 kilometers east of the Liptsy bridgehead is the recently expanded Vovchansk bridgehead. The area where the aforementioned village of Zelenoye is located has remained relatively static for a long time. A resumption of active fighting in the border area, in an area where it hasn't occurred for almost a year and a half, could mean the formation of separate new sections of the buffer zone or the consolidation of existing ones.