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Five people were killed and nine injured in Russian strikes on villages in the Kupiansk district of Kharkiv Oblast, local authorities reported on May 19. The villages of Novoosynove and Kivsharivka were targeted by multiple launch rocket systems, Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Syniehubov said in a post on Telegram. Three men aged 58, 64, and 65 and two women aged 56 and 72 were killed. Moscow has intensified its attacks on Kharkiv Oblast in recent months, forcing thousands of local residents to flee. The attacks, targeting energy infrastructure and killing civilians, have further spiked after Ru...
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Editor's Note: The article was updated at 2:05 p.m. local time after Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Syniehubov reported that the number of casualties rose. Russian troops attacked a northern suburb of Kharkiv at around 11 a.m. local time, killing five civilians and wounding 16, Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Syniehubov said on May 19. “(Russian troops) attacked the area where local residents were resting,” Syniehubov said, condemning the attack. A paramedic was among the wounded, and an ambulance was damaged, he added. The attack took place in Mala Danylivka, roughly 70 kilometers southwest of the...
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President Volodymyr Zelensky said on May 18 that Ukrainian forces had repelled a Russian assault on Chasiv Yar in Donetsk Oblast, and that Russia is losing troops and military hardware. Chasiv Yar, a largely destroyed town, has been seen as Russia’s next target after the fall of Bakhmut, while Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, is also a major Russian target. Zelensky said that Russian forces also lost over 20 pieces of military hardware in Chasiv Yar. “Our forces are delivering a strong rebuff to the occupiers wherever the situation is difficult - besides Kharkiv, in Kramatorsk, Pokrovsk...
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Russia's offensive in Kharkiv Oblast this month could be the first of several waves, and Russian forces may try for the regional capital of Kharkiv, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with AFP on May 17. Russia launched new offensive actions on May 10 in the north of Kharkiv Oblast toward Lyptsi and Vovchansk, a town located less than 5 kilometers (3 miles) from the Russian border and around 50 kilometers (31 miles) from the city of Kharkiv. Russian troops managed to advance as far as 10 kilometers (6 miles) as a result, Zelensky said earlier on May 17. The Russian military's ad...
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Key updates on May 17: Ukrainian drones hit military facilities in Russia, Crimea amid Russian claims of over 100 drones downedZelensky says Russia's Kharkiv Oblast offensive advances as far as 10 km, halted by 1st defense lineZelensky signs law amendments increasing fines for draft evaders, allowing some convicts to serve in militaryPolice says Russia using civilians in Vovchansk as human shieldsUkrainian drones attacked several military facilities in Russia and occupied Crimea overnight on May 17, a source from the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) confirmed to the Kyiv Independent. The sour...
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Russia has no plans to capture Kharkiv "as of today" and is attacking Kharkiv Oblast in order to create a so-called buffer zone in the oblast to prevent shelling in Belgorod, President Vladimir Putin claimed on May 17. The Kremlin has made similar claims in the past about its intentions, namely when it repeatedly stated in the months, weeks and even days before the launch of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine that it had no plans to invade Ukraine. "As for what is happening on the Kharkiv front, this is (Ukrainians') fault, because they have shelled and continue to shell residential neighborho...
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Russian forces have expanded offensive operations in Kharkiv Oblast, forcing Ukraine to deploy more reserve troops, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said on May 17. In a post on Telegram, Syrski said Moscow's troops had failed to make a breakthrough but acknowledged there will be "tough battles ahead." Moscow launched a new offensive with 30,000 troops on May 10, targeting Kharkiv Oblast, which is situated at the border with Russia in northeastern Ukraine. Russian troops have focused their efforts in the directions of Lyptsi and Vovchansk, two settlements a few kilometers south of the bord...
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Russian troops were able to advance as far as 10 kilometers (6 miles) deep during their offensive in Kharkiv Oblast, but the front in the region has been stabilized, President Volodymyr Zelensky told journalists on May 16. Moscow launched a new offensive with 30,000 troops on May 10, targeting Kharkiv Oblast, which is situated at the border with Russia in northeastern Ukraine. Russian troops have focused their efforts in the directions of Lyptsi and Vovchansk, two settlements a few kilometers south of the border. Moscow's forces were halted by Ukraine's first line of defense, Zelensky said. Th...
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Russian forces had captured up to 40 civilians in the Ukrainian town of Vovchansk and are using them as human shields, the police said on May 17. Ukraine's Defense Ministry confirmed on May 15 that Russian units had entered the northern parts of the town, but the Ukrainian military reportedly prevented them from establishing a foothold deeper in Vovchansk. Serhii Bolvinov, the head of the investigative department of the police of the Kharkiv Oblast, said on air on Suspilne that up to 40 civilians, most of them elderly, had been taken captive when trying to escape Russian shelling. "People are ...
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Key updates on May 16: Zelensky in Kharkiv: Situation 'difficult' but 'under control,' Russia suffers lossesDenmark announces more than $815 million in new military assistance for UkraineMinister: Russia captures, shoots civilians in northern VovchanskSource: Ukrainian drones attack Russian defense manufacturer's facilities in TulaPartisans: Ammunition depot hit at Belbek airfield in occupied CrimeaPresident Volodymyr Zelensky visited Kharkiv on May 16 and received reports from military commanders on the battlefield situation in the oblast. Russia launched anew offensive with 30,000 troops on ...
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