Key developments on May 4-5: * Zelensky: Ukraine open to all-for-all POW exchange * 150,000 Russian soldiers killed during full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Paris says * FT: US aid to Ukraine will help Ukraine launch counteroffensive in 2025, Sullivan says * Russian glide bomb attack injures 15 in downtown Kharkiv * Russia lures Cubans
Russian forces hit two sites in the residential area of Kharkiv as Ukraine marked Orthodox Easter.
Russia launched a drone attack on Kharkiv Oblast during the early hours of May 5, setting fire to at least eight residential homes in the city of Kharkiv and injuring six people, local authorities reported.
In a post on Telegram, Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Syniehubov said a civilian enterprise in the Industrial district had been hit.
Russia launched drone attacks on Kharkiv in the early hours of May 4, damaging civilian infrastructure, and injuring at least four people including a child, Kharkiv regional Governor Oleh Syniehubov reported on Telegram.
The attack destroyed several buildings, trapping people under the rubble, Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said. A tram, which had been carrying passengers at the time of the attack, was also damaged.
KHARKIV – In the face of relentless Russian attacks, prolonged blackouts, and a looming threat of a new major offensive, against all odds, life in Kharkiv continues to endure. Located just 30 kilometers from the Russian border, Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, has been under some of the heaviest and most
Russian forces attacked the Kyivskyi and Kholodnohirskyi districts of Kharkiv on April 30, hitting residential areas, Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported.
Both Ukrainian and U.S. officials have previously said that Russia has been using North Korean-produced missiles to attack Ukraine.
According to Odesa Oblast Governor Oleh Kiper, a missile struck residential buildings and civilian infrastructure.
SUMY OBLAST – A group of military officers, local police chiefs, border guards, emergency service workers, and farmers gather around a map of Sumy Oblast’s Myropillia community in an undisclosed location around a mile from Russia. The air raid siren doesn’t interrupt the meeting, which is devoted to reinforcing
Russia launched missile attacks on Kharkiv in the early hours of April 24, damaging four residential building, and injuring two people, Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov reported on Telegram.
Russian forces would need years to occupy the city of Kharkiv, Oleksandr Pivnenko, a commander of Ukraine’s National Guard, said in an interview with the Liga.net media outlet on April 23.
He was arrested in his home and his mobile phone which allegedly contained incriminating messages with Russian security services was seized.
In the latest attack on Kharkiv, Russian forces struck the city’s television broadcasting tower on April 22, causing the top half of the mast to collapse.
Key developments on April 22: * Military: Over 20,000 Russian troops trying to storm Chasiv Yar, outskirts * Budanov: Ukraine faces 'difficult situation' starting mid-May * Russia claims to have captured Novomykhailivka, Ukraine denies * Russia destroys Kharkiv TV tower * Poland cannot transfer Patriots to Ukraine but will provide other help, Tusk says
Russian forces struck a TV infrastructure facility in Kharkiv on April 22, regional governor Oleh Syniehubov said.
A 19-year-old Kharkiv resident sustained shrapnel injuries in his legs and is currently hospitalized in moderate condition.
Key developments on April 17: * Russian missile attack on Chernihiv kills at least 17, injures 60, including children * Johnson says vote on Ukraine, Israel foreign aid bills to take place on April 20 * Sources: HUR confirms attack on Russian bomber factory in Tatarstan * Kharkiv at risk of becoming 'second Aleppo,
Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov believes his city is at risk of becoming "a second Aleppo" if left without help to obtain air defense systems, according to an article published by the Guardian on April 17.
Western officials do not believe that Russia has the capability to launch a new attack on Ukraine's second city of Kharkiv "without a major replenishment of Russian troops," Bloomberg reported on April 16.
An FPV drone dropped an explosive on an ambulance on the way to Petropavlivka, injuring its 58-year-old driver, the Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration reported on April 13.
Russian forces may be preparing for a large-scale offensive in late spring or summer, aiming to capture more land in Ukraine's partially-occupied Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts, the Financial Times reported on April 13, citing unnamed Ukrainian and Western officials.
The government will allow authorities in Kharkiv to exempt businesses from local taxes amid Russia's ongoing assault against the city's energy infrastructure, Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said on April 12.
A mandatory evacuation order for families with children has been expanded to 47 more front-line settlements in Kharkiv Oblast, Governor Oleh Syniehubov announced on April 11.
The need to redistribute Ukraine's already thinning air defense systems to protect heavily targeted cities such as Kharkiv may lead to routine Russian attacks on rear logistics and cities in Ukraine, the Institute for the Study of War (ISW) said in their April 10 report.
Key developments on April 10: * Parliament starts considering updated mobilization bill in 2nd reading * Germany delivers artillery shells, drones, armored vehicles to Ukraine * Russian attacks against Kharkiv, Odesa oblasts kill 7, including 2 children, injure 18 * Ukrainian military denies Russia gained foothold in Robotyne * UK government, BAE Systems sign agreements
Russian forces attacked a civilian enterprise downtown Kharkiv with guided aerial bombs on April 9, injuring at least three people, local authorities said.
Key developments on April 8: * Russian missile ship set on fire near Kaliningrad, Ukraine's intelligence claims * IAEA confirms 3 direct strikes on main reactor containment structures of Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant * The Economist: Russian attacks aim to make Kharkiv uninhabitable for civilians * Media: Russia destroys over 60,000 hectares of
Key developments on April 6-7: * Prosecutor General's Office: Russian soldiers kill 3 Ukrainian POWs * Trump reportedly wants Ukraine to cede Crimea, Donbas to Russia * Russia lost 7 aircraft in Ukraine's April 5 attack on air base, source says * Zelensky says Kharkiv is prepared for a potential Russian offensive * North Korea’
The Russian attack struck an industrial zone and a central park in the city. Kharkiv, roughly 40 kilometers (24 miles) south of the Russian border, faces near-daily attacks.
Two attacks were reported so far on April 7, with most targets remaining undisclosed. One civilian was reported wounded so far.
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