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Maps produced by the ISW showed Russian forces attacking across the border at two points during which they captured the villages of Strilecha, Krasne, Pylna and Borysivka according to Ukraine's Ukrainska Pravda newspaper.
Kharkiv War Maps Reveal 'Significant' Russian Advances
The ISW map showed Russian troops making two thrusts into Kharkiv Oblast, "one north of Kharkiv City in the direction of Lyptsi and one northeast of Kharkiv City near Vovchansk."
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Russia on Saturday said it had captured six villages in Ukraine's east during a surprise ground offensive that prompted mass evacuations, as President Volodymyr Zelensky made an urgent call for military aid.
- The Russian defence ministry said its troops had "liberated" five villages in Ukraine's Kharkiv region near the border with Russia -- Borysivka, Ogirtseve, Pletenivka, Pylna and Strilecha -- as "a result of offensive actions".
- The village of Keramik in the Donetsk region was also now under Russian control, it said.
Ukrainian officials said that the country's forces were resisting but there was heavy fighting in the Kharkiv region near the border.
"Fighting for villages... continues in the border area", Ukrainian military spokesman Nazar Voloshyn said on national television, while "the enemy is currently localised".
There is "heavy fighting" in the border area and 1,775 people have been evacuated, Kharkiv regional governor Oleg Synegubov wrote on social media.
He insisted there was "no threat of a ground operation" for the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest. . .
"Fighting for villages... continues in the border area", Ukrainian military spokesman Nazar Voloshyn said on national television, while "the enemy is currently localised".
There is "heavy fighting" in the border area and 1,775 people have been evacuated, Kharkiv regional governor Oleg Synegubov wrote on social media.
He insisted there was "no threat of a ground operation" for the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest. . .
'Saves lives'
The Kharkiv region has been mostly under Ukrainian control since September 2022.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said troops must "return the initiative to Ukraine" and urged Kyiv's allies to speed up arms deliveries.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said troops must "return the initiative to Ukraine" and urged Kyiv's allies to speed up arms deliveries.
- "Every air defence system, every anti-missile system is literally what saves lives," Zelensky said.
- "It is important that our partners support our soldiers and Ukrainian resilience with timely deliveries -- really timely ones," he stressed.
- "The package that really helps is the weapons brought to Ukraine, not just the announced ones."
Ukrainian forces have multiplied attacks inside Russia and Russia-held areas of Ukraine, particularly on energy infrastructure.
On Saturday a missile strike hit a restaurant called Paradise in the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine.
The attack using US HIMARS precision rocket launchers killed three civilians -- two diners and a restaurant member of staff -- and wounded eight, the head of the region's Russian-backed administration, Denis Pushilin, said.
Moscow-installed authorities in the Russian-occupied Lugansk region in eastern Ukraine said four people were killed by a Ukrainian strike with US-made missiles on an oil depot in Rovenky.
Governor Leonid Pasechnik said the strike "enveloped the oil depot in fire and damaged surrounding homes".
In Russia, two people were reported killed by Ukrainian strikes in the Belgorod and Kursk regions.
Ukrainian officials also reported a total of six civilians killed in Russian shelling in the Donetsk, Kharkiv and Kherson regions over the past day.
On Saturday a missile strike hit a restaurant called Paradise in the city of Donetsk, eastern Ukraine.
The attack using US HIMARS precision rocket launchers killed three civilians -- two diners and a restaurant member of staff -- and wounded eight, the head of the region's Russian-backed administration, Denis Pushilin, said.
Moscow-installed authorities in the Russian-occupied Lugansk region in eastern Ukraine said four people were killed by a Ukrainian strike with US-made missiles on an oil depot in Rovenky.
Governor Leonid Pasechnik said the strike "enveloped the oil depot in fire and damaged surrounding homes".
In Russia, two people were reported killed by Ukrainian strikes in the Belgorod and Kursk regions.
Ukrainian officials also reported a total of six civilians killed in Russian shelling in the Donetsk, Kharkiv and Kherson regions over the past day.
'Tactically significant gains'
Officials in Kyiv had warned for weeks that Moscow might try to attack its northeastern border regions, pressing its advantage as Ukraine struggles with delays in Western aid and manpower shortages.
Officials in Kyiv had warned for weeks that Moscow might try to attack its northeastern border regions, pressing its advantage as Ukraine struggles with delays in Western aid and manpower shortages.
- Ukraine's military said it had deployed more troops.
- "Reserve units have been deployed to strengthen the defence in these areas of the front," it said.
Military expert Olivier Kempf told AFP Saturday that Russia's ground operation was most likely aimed at creating a buffer zone near its Belgorod region, recently raided by pro-Ukrainian units, or diverting Ukraine's resources from the Donetsk region.
"Twenty-four hours after the launch of the operations, it doesn't look like a big offensive," said the associate fellow at the Foundation for Strategic Research, a French think tank.
"Twenty-four hours after the launch of the operations, it doesn't look like a big offensive," said the associate fellow at the Foundation for Strategic Research, a French think tank.
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Washington announced a new $400 million military aid package for Kyiv hours after the offensive began, and said it was confident Ukraine could repel any fresh Russian campaign.
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"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated that Russian forces have started 'a new wave of offensive actions' in the Kharkiv direction, and Ukrainian officials have been warning about a Russian offensive effort in the direction of Kharkiv City in recent months."
Disrupting the Russian Offensive Intentions is the Number One Task Now –
Address by the President of Ukraine
11 May 2024 - 19:26
Today, the focus is primarily on the frontline – on the situation in our regions where the risks of the Russian offensive actions are the highest.
- Our defensive operations are underway in the Kharkiv region, near the villages of Strilecha, Krasne, Morokhovets, Oliinykove, Lukyantsi, Hatyshche, Pletenivka.
- These are border villages.
- For two days now, our troops have been conducting counterattack actions there, defending Ukrainian territory.
- More than thirty combat engagements occur there every day.
- It’s extremely difficult.
I am grateful to every brigade of ours that bravely defends their positions, repels assaults, and destroys the occupier. Disrupting the Russian offensive intentions is the number one task now. The accomplishment of this task depends on every soldier, every sergeant, every officer. I thank all the commanders who actually do everything necessary to ensure that our warriors are properly motivated and clearly know how to act. . ."
Russia ‘seizes nine villages in deep advance’ into Ukraine
Updated 4 minutes ago
Russia captured nine villages in its surprise invasion of Ukraine’s northern border, the Kremlin said on Sunday.
Troops advanced into settlements on the border with Russia’s Belgorod region in an offensive that began on Friday.
The Russian defence ministry declared on Sunday that its forces had now taken Hatyshche, Krasne, Morokhovets and Oliinykove - all of which lie north of Ukraine’s heavily-bombarded second city of Kharkiv.
The ministry said the Russian forces had “advanced deeply into the enemy defences”.
Troops advanced into settlements on the border with Russia’s Belgorod region in an offensive that began on Friday.
The Russian defence ministry declared on Sunday that its forces had now taken Hatyshche, Krasne, Morokhovets and Oliinykove - all of which lie north of Ukraine’s heavily-bombarded second city of Kharkiv.
The ministry said the Russian forces had “advanced deeply into the enemy defences”.
- Ukrainian officials on Saturday insisted that fighting was ongoing in villages on the border and Russia’s forces were being “contained” there.
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