MOSCOW--German troops have lashed out in a new offensive near Kursk, 120 miles north of Kharkov and 280 miles south of Moscow, and they have driven a wedge deeper into the fortifications of Sevastopol in a grand assault on that ruined Crimean fortress, it was announced officially tonight.
Although the Russians were reported earlier to have recaptured several strategic points in counter-attacks near Kupyansk, 60 miles southeast of Kharkov, the early morning communique revealed that the critical phase of Ukraine operations now has shifted north. It said that "In the Kursk direction, fighting started with German Fascist troops who went over to the offensive."
Sevastopol, bombed and shelled to ruins, apparently is undergoing its supreme ordeal. The communique said that "Yesterday-Sunday-after powerful artillery and air preparation, large enemy forces attacked. Only in one sector did they succeed in pushing our troops back. On all other sectors the enemy was repulsed with heavy losses."
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