Kharkiv
Estonia has returned 274 illegally exported archaeological artifacts to Ukraine, including ancient Scythian, Sarmatian and medieval jewelry, coins and horse harness, demonstrating support for Ukraine's cultural heritage during the ongoing war.
On Tuesday, Ukrainian defenders withstood 96 combat engagements against Russian attacks on several fronts, repelling attacks in seven directions.
The military situation in the Kupyansk sector remains unchanged, with no new front line opened yet, as the enemy is amassing troops for possible assault operations, which Ukrainian troops are repelling, according to the head of the Kharkiv regional military administration.
During the 26 months of the full-scale war, russians damaged 1,588 and completely destroyed 210 medical facilities in Ukraine, with Kharkiv, Donetsk, Mykolaiv, Kyiv, Chernihiv, Dnipro, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions suffering the most.
Ukraine is creating a third combat brigade, the Gart, of the State Border Guard Service to strengthen defense forces on its eastern borders, in addition to the existing Steel Frontier and Revenge brigades.
Digital TV broadcasting of 34 national and 3 regional Ukrainian channels has been restored in Kharkiv and the surrounding area after a TV tower was damaged by a russian missile strike.
A drunken 46-year-old Kharkiv resident cut off the head of a stray dog for barking at his dog. The animal survived.
Russian propaganda has launched another fake that Ukraine is preparing for peace talks with Russia in June, distorting President Zelensky's statement about a possible path to a just peace.
Ukraine's power system remains in short supply during certain hours due to damage from Russian missile strikes.
According to the head of the Kharkiv regional military administration, Oleh Syniehubov, it is too early to say that russia may open new front lines in the north, despite the build-up and regrouping of enemy troops in the Kharkiv area.
Due to grid restrictions and hostile attacks on energy facilities in eastern Ukraine, power outages occurred in Kharkiv region and Kryvyi Rih, while Ukraine provided emergency assistance by transferring excess electricity to the Polish grid.
The Security Service of Ukraine detained a couple of Russian intelligence agents who were preparing Grad attacks on Ukrainian troops defending the northeastern border, determining their locations and passing the coordinates to the occupiers.
About 15 settlements in Kharkiv region came under artillery and mortar fire from the enemy, with several civilian casualties and damage to private homes in various locations.
Over the last day, 131 combat engagements took place on the frontline, the enemy conducted numerous attacks in the Avdiivka, Bakhmut and Novopavlivka sectors, but Ukrainian troops repelled these attacks and inflicted losses on the occupation forces.
Ukrainians in the Poltava region received fake reports of an alleged evacuation, which the State Emergency Service denied as hostile disinformation aimed at destabilizing the situation.
Ukrainian defenders repelled 40 enemy attacks near Avdiivka, and combat engagements took place in several frontline areas.
The old sign of the Pushkinska station was removed in the Kharkiv subway as part of de-Russification.
The Ministry of Energy hopes to restore the power system of Kharkiv and the Kharkiv region after significant damage to local power generation and transmission facilities during the week.
Over the past month, Russian attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure have caused billions of hryvnias in damage.
Despite Russia's massive attacks on Ukraine's energy system, no large-scale restrictions or emergency electricity imports were required the day before, although the system remained difficult but stable due to significant damage to the generation and transmission systems.
Russian troops shelled populated areas of Kharkiv region, damaging private homes and wounding two civilians, one of whom was hospitalized with a stomach wound.
Zelenskiy called on allies to provide more advanced air defense systems to protect Ukrainian cities from Russian attacks, saying this would reduce Russia's ability to wage terror and force it to seek peace.
Consumers' electricity needs were covered by own generation and commercial imports without emergency assistance, but there were restrictions in Kharkiv and Kryvyi Rih, and more than 260 consumers in Kharkiv and Mykolaiv regions were left without gas supply due to shelling.
Two civilian drivers were wounded in a drone attack on a truck in Vovchansk, and a kindergarten in Vovchanski Khutory was shelled by a drone in Kharkiv region.
Over the past day, 71 combat engagements were registered along the contact line, during which the enemy launched 31 missile and 46 air strikes, and fired 23 times at Ukrainian positions and localities from multiple launch rocket systems.
A 52-year-old civilian truck driver was seriously injured when an enemy drone hit his truck near Vovchansk, Kharkiv region.
The seven men paid 6-9 thousand euros to a local resident to smuggle them across the Ukrainian-Romanian border in an old UAZ car, but border guards intercepted and detained them.
The situation on the contact line escalated after the US decision to provide military assistance to Ukraine: the enemy army significantly intensified its activities in the Kupyansk sector and launched numerous attacks that were repelled by Ukrainian forces.
A Russian S-300 missile hits a psychiatric hospital in Kharkiv, injuring patients and staff.
The body of a man was found under the rubble of a private house in the city of Vovchansk in Kharkiv region after a morning Russian shelling. It was also reported that two S-300 missiles hit a psychiatric hospital in Kharkiv.