Also, part of it here: Events in Ukraine, May 14
Russian forces have now even gotten within artillery range of Kharkov city itself, and there are reports they are hammering AFU positions on Kharkov outskirts from about 22-24km in Glyboke/Hlyboke.There are even reports of blocking detachments now waiting in the rear to intercept fleeing troops:
An interception plan was introduced in the Kharkov region due to the mass exodus of Ukrainian Armed Forces soldiers
There are reinforced checkpoints on the main roads of the region with “armed men without identification marks” who are looking for Ukrainian soldiers fleeing en masse from the battlefield. This statement, citing his own sources, was made by a military expert, retired lieutenant colonel of the Lugansk People's Republic (LPR), Andrei Marochko.
According to him, employees of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Security Service of Ukraine “check everyone’s documents and inspect vehicles,” which is why there are “kilometer-long traffic jams” in many areas.
And if you thought that might be imaginative propaganda, Russian forces reportedly captured one of the troops tasked with carrying out blocking orders of the sort, who attests to the fact:
“””””The Ukrainian Army has set up checkpoints for people leaving and are seizing fighting-age men and press-ganging them right there, sending them to the front.”””””
Seriously, do you have real sources for that claim?