Kharkiv

The head of the Kharkiv regional military administration, Oleh Syniehubov, reported the rocket attack on Kharkiv.

A fire broke out in the Osnovyansky district of Kharkiv, the number of victims is being assessed, and the mayor warned of continued attacks on the city.

A fire broke out in the Kholodnohirsk district of Kharkiv due to a hit, said Oleh Syniehubov, head of the Kharkiv regional military administration.

Kharkiv is being attacked by Shahed drones, explosions are heard in the city, Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov said. The head of the Kharkiv regional military administration, Oleg Sinegubov, urged residents to take shelter and emphasized that air defense was working.

A series of explosions occurred in Kharkiv, Ukraine.

The Air Force warns of possible drone strikes in Sumy and Kharkiv regions.

Russian troops lack the strength and means to achieve a strategic breakthrough in the Kharkiv region, said Supreme Allied Commander Europe Christopher Cavoli.

Russia may be preparing for a large-scale offensive in the coming weeks by amassing small units near the Sumy region of Ukraine.

russia is trying to expand the war, claiming that it wants peace, but russia must be forced to a real, just peace by all means, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy emphasized.

The President of Ukraine emphasizes that counterattacks continue in other districts in the Kharkiv region. According to him, there should be more results in repulsing the assaults and destroying the occupier.

Ukrainian troops stopped an active Russian offensive in Kharkiv region and regained more favorable positions in some areas, although the front line has not yet stabilized.

Since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, more than 2,800 people have been killed by the Russian occupiers in the Kharkiv region, including 82 children, the youngest of whom is 5 months old, with the actual number of victims likely higher due to unexplored mass graves.

Ukrainian special forces are defending the border town of Vovchansk in the Kharkiv region from Russian invaders, destroying them with precision strikes.

Zelenskyy discussed with Polish Prime Minister Tusk Ukraine's urgent need for air defense to protect Kharkiv and the security agreement, as well as plans to work on an ambitious bilateral security agreement between the historic partners.

Six men aged 28 to 50, including an intern, an anesthesiologist, drivers and civilians, sustained explosive wounds of varying severity as a result of hostile shelling of the village of Buhaivka, Kharkiv region.

Russian invaders continue to increase their efforts in the Pokrovsk sector, the number of combat engagements there has increased to 30, while Ukrainian soldiers are holding the line and responding to the invaders' actions.

Russian occupants, with the support of aviation, are trying to storm the positions of Ukrainian troops near Vovchansk, attacking near the village of Liptsy in the Kharkiv region. Ukrainian troops continue to resist the enemy invasion, destroying 14 units of enemy equipment in the Kharkiv sector and inflicting losses on the occupiers.

Six people, including the head of the Vovchansk city military administration, were wounded as a result of Russian cluster shelling of the village in Kharkiv region.

The Ukrainian military is engaged in intense fighting and counterattacks around Vovchansk, repelling enemy attacks and rocket attacks in the Kharkiv region.

President Zelenskyy met with soldiers of the 92nd Separate Assault Brigade defending Kharkiv region, presented them with state awards, and visited the hospital where wounded defenders are being treated during his visit to the region.

President Zelenskyy visited a hospital in Kharkiv to meet with wounded soldiers, present them with awards and thank them for defending Ukraine from Russian aggression.

Defensive structures are being built all over Ukraine, including in regions far from the front line, such as Odesa, as part of a planned effort to prepare for all possible scenarios and provocations and to ensure greater security.

On May 16, intense fighting continued along almost the entire frontline, with 58 combat engagements recorded, with the Russian occupiers being most active in the Kramatorsk and Pokrovsk sectors, and Ukrainian troops taking measures to prevent their advance.

In the northern part of Vovchansk, Russian troops take civilians prisoner, first executions are reported, Interior Ministry said.

While clearing a settlement in the Kharkiv region, Ukrainian forces killed four Russian soldiers and captured two more who had occupied a civilian building.

Zelenskyy held a meeting of the Supreme Commander-in-Chief's Staff in Kharkiv to discuss the situation at the front, analyze the prospects for the development of the combat situation, threats for the coming days and weeks, and determine a plan for further actions amid the Russian offensive.

Due to the chronic shortage of electricity production and imports for the current level of consumption in Ukraine, additional emergency blackouts were introduced as morning peaks proved to be more difficult than expected.

Ukraine is facing a significant electricity shortage, with hourly blackouts in all regions, and imports from 5 EU countries are planned to overcome the shortage.

The defense forces thwarted the plans of Russian troops to penetrate into the depths of Vovchansk's urban area and gain a foothold there, continuing to perform combat missions within the urban area in the northern part of the city and keeping the enemy under fire control, the General Staff said.

Russian troops are trying to break through and block Siversk to create conditions for an offensive on Sloviansk, but their advance in this direction is relatively halted, while Chasiv Yar remains under the control of the Ukrainian Defense Forces.