Kharkiv

At night, Russian troops attacked the village of Borova, Kharkiv region, with two Grom E-1 missiles, damaging an educational institution and school garages.

In March alone, Russian forces used more than 400 missiles, 600 Shaheds and 3,000 guided aerial bombs to terrorize various Ukrainian cities and border towns, and Kharkiv is undergoing daily missile, drone and aerial bomb attacks that are destroying critical infrastructure and residential buildings, underscoring the urgent need for reliable air defense systems to protect the lives and cities of Ukraine, Zelenskyy said.

Due to the bad weather, 337 settlements in 7 regions of Ukraine are without electricity, no shortage is expected.

A brother and sister are detained in Kharkiv region for scouting railroad tracks to help Russian forces plan sabotage against Ukrainian arms supply trains.

Russians are spreading fake messages calling on Kharkiv residents to evacuate because of the alleged possible encirclement. However, the enemy does not currently have the resources to surround or capture Kharkiv.

A military official from Kharkiv region took UAH 1. 05 million from 14 subordinates, promising to transfer them to another unit and help one of them avoid punishment, but had no intention of fulfilling these promises.

In Kharkiv region, Russian forces shelled several settlements, damaging residential buildings, an educational institution, and causing power outages; casualties were reported in Novoozynove, where a 58-year-old man and his 11-year-old son were killed.

In the Kharkiv region, Russian occupants killed an 11-year-old boy and his 58-year-old father during the shelling of Novooosynove village in Kupiansk district.

Russian shelling of Novoosynove village in Kharkiv region killed one civilian and wounded a child.

A Russian soldier was sentenced in absentia to 15 years in prison for the murder of a 35-year-old woman in occupied Izium because she spoke Ukrainian.

Two recruiting centers of the Ukrainian army have opened in Kharkiv, offering a variety of vacancies.

In Kharkiv, 18 streets were de-russified and an entrance was named in honor of Ukrainian military pilot Andriy Pilshchikov, call sign "Dzhus.

A 28-year-old Russian FSB officer illegally detained Ukrainians, ran a filtration camp in Zaporizhzhia region where detainees were tortured, and organized mock executions.

In the morning, the damage limited the power supply to all consumers in Kharkiv region, while restrictions on industry continued in Kryvyi Rih. No electricity exports are planned.

Russian troops attacked the village of Liptsy in Kharkiv region at night, damaging civilian infrastructure, including residential buildings, outbuildings, shops and warehouses.

The Security Service of Ukraine detained a Russian agent who was spying on Ukrainian military aircraft and air defense facilities near Kryvyi Rih to obtain intelligence for potential missile strikes by Russia.

Russian troops fired mortars, artillery, and S-300 missile systems at about 15 settlements in Kharkiv region, damaging buildings and injuring two civilians in Vovchansk and Kupiansk.

At about 15:00, the Russian occupiers shelled the village of Kurylivka, Kupiansk district, Kharkiv region, damaging private houses, but there were no casualties.

Ukrainian power engineers restored electricity to 715,000 households after Russian shelling in various regions, including Odesa, Dnipro, Donetsk and Kyiv.

Rescuers are working to extinguish a fire in a forestry on an area of almost 5 hectares near the village of Yasinya, Rakhiv district, Transcarpathia, with 104 people and 17 vehicles involved.

A 60-year-old woman died while burning dry grass in an open area near the village of Krysyne, Kharkiv region.

In Svitlovodsk, Kirovohrad region, a man grabbed a police officer's assault rifle and shot himself in the head, committing suicide.

Ukrainian border guards raised the Ukrainian flag over their positions near the Russian-occupied territories between the villages of Kurdyumivka and Ozerianivka near Bakhmut, despite the presence of Russian troops in the area.

Three Russian soldiers have been charged with the murder of a 70-year-old Ukrainian man in the village of Makarovo, Kharkiv region, after he made a comment about them shooting at cattle.

Kharkiv Oblast's power generating facilities have suffered significant damage, resulting in a shortage of electricity, and work is underway to repair or replace damaged equipment, provide electricity to critical infrastructure and develop alternative heating solutions for the coming winter, if necessary.

The Security Service of Ukraine detained a Russian agent who was an employee of Ukrzaliznytsia and was planning a missile attack on the railway infrastructure in Chernihiv region to undermine the logistics of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

Russian occupants hit a civilian infrastructure facility in Liubotyn with a rocket, damaging it, and dropped a bomb on Kupyansk, injuring one person and damaging buildings.

The Russian military command may focus its projected offensive in late spring/summer 2024 in western Donetsk region due to limited resources, with priority given to the Avdiivka area.

Almost all of Kharkiv's important energy infrastructure has been destroyed by Russian attacks. However, there is no panic in Kharkiv. The city currently has 1.3 million residents.

Russia has begun using the extremely powerful FAB-1500 aircraft bombs, which requires Ukraine to focus on fighting the Su-34 and Su-35 aircraft carriers that deploy these bombs.