Ukrainian forces have halted a Russian attack in the Kharkiv region in the north-east of the country, Kharkiv military governor Oleh Syniehubov said on Monday. The front currently ran roughly along the Vovcha River which bisects the town of Vovchansk, Syniehubov told national television. Russian forces were failing to make further advances, he said. “On the contrary, our soldiers are trying to retake this settlement house by house and street by street,” he said. He said that the Russian advance further to the west had also been halted. The information from Syniehubov could not be independently…