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In certain areas of the Kharkiv sector, the Ukrainian Armed Forces achieved success, repelling attacks and inflicting significant losses on the enemy, while in the Kupyansk and other areas the situation remains tense and combat engagements continue.

The enemy's activity sharply increased in the Kupiansk sector, almost doubling, while it did not decrease in the Pokrovsk sector.

In the Kharkiv region, 11,117 people were evacuated from Chuhuiv, Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv districts due to ongoing Russian attacks and shelling in the region.

The Armed Forces of Ukraine successfully repelled numerous offensive and assault operations by Russian troops in various frontline areas, with the hottest fighting taking place in the Kupyansk, Pokrovsk and Kurakhove directions.

Twenty-one combat engagements took place in the frontline today, with another combat engagement in the Kharkiv sector near Vovchansk and another in the Kupyansk sector. In the Siversky sector, Ukrainian troops succeeded in some areas.

Intense fighting continues in the Kharkiv, Kupyansk, Kramatorsk and Pokrovsk sectors as Russian troops attempt to break through Ukrainian defenses - 77 combat engagements have been recorded since the beginning of the day on May 24.

Over 50 people were injured in the Kharkiv region over the past day as a result of Russian shelling of the city of Kharkiv and three districts.

Since the beginning of the day, 28 combat engagements were registered on the frontline, with fighting continuing, in particular, in the vicinity of Krynok, Kharkiv region, and near Klishchiyivka, Donetsk region.

Russian troops shelled Kharkiv and at least two districts of the Kharkiv region, wounding 20 people and damaging residential buildings, businesses, vehicles, and infrastructure.

Since the beginning of the day, 121 combat engagements have taken place, during which Russian occupants launched 4 missile attacks, 37 air strikes using 47 drones and 376 kamikaze attacks on Ukrainian positions.

President Zelenskyy discussed the situation at the front with the military command, emphasizing maximum attention to the entire border and inflicting maximum losses on the Russian occupiers.

Russian troops have concentrated their main efforts on Kupyansk and Pokrovsky directions, while, according to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, 22 military clashes occurred in Kupyansk and 12 military clashes continue in Pokrovsky direction, while six more attacks were repelled.

Ukrainian servicemen are steadfastly defending their native land, resolutely repelling 94 enemy attacks and counterattacking in certain areas, improving their tactical positions, despite the superiority of the Russian occupiers in manpower and equipment.

On May 21, 86 clashes occurred at the front, most of which occurred in the Pokrovsky, Kharkiv, Seversky and Kramatorsk directions, as the enemy continues active operations, but Ukrainian troops restrain the onslaught and give a decisive rebuff, as a result of which 47 Russian occupiers and 14 units of weapons and military equipment were lost.

As a result of the shelling of Cherkasskaya Lozovaya and settlements in Kupyansky and Chuguevsky districts, 22 people are being treated in medical institutions, 4 of them in extremely serious condition.

The situation in the Kharkiv region remains difficult, but the Defense Forces are stabilizing it, and the number of hostilities has halved compared to the previous day.

In some areas of the frontline, Ukrainian troops are succeeding in repelling Russian attacks, in particular in the Pokrovsk sector, which remains the hottest, with 37 combat engagements so far.

In Kharkiv, a nighttime drone and missile attack by Russian troops damaged 25 trucks, buses, cars and buildings, injuring 7 people, including two people who were hit by a missile at a transport company, and damaged houses in Bohodukhiv district.

Since the beginning of the day, 95 combat engagements took place on the frontline, during which the enemy carried out 5 missile attacks, 39 air strikes, 309 kamikaze attacks, and 2910 attacks on Ukrainian positions using various types of weapons.

The Russian occupation forces are focusing their efforts on the Pokrovske direction, conducting active offensives on several fronts, facing fierce resistance from Ukrainian troops, who are confidently holding their positions and inflicting significant losses on the enemy.

According to Sinegubov, the Russians in the Kharkiv region need to pull up their reserves in order to continue, so to speak, their efforts to move forward, which they have been demonstrating in recent days.

According to the General Staff, the occupants have made a total of 58 attempts to force our soldiers out of their positions. Combat continues in 17 areas.

Austrian journalist Richard Schmitt is spreading Kremlin propaganda lies about Ukraine, defaming the country and its people, Ukraine's ambassador to Austria said.

Ukrainian troops are successfully repelling Russian attacks on many fronts, with the enemy being most active in the Pokrovsk sector.

Ukrainian troops are engaged in intense fighting with Russian troops at the Kharkiv and Kupyansk directions, while Russian aircraft have struck the Liptsy area and near Ivanivka.

The situation at the front remains tense, with fighting continuing in the Kharkiv sector in the direction of Starytsia village. Since the beginning of the day, Russian occupants have fired 533 times and used more than 50 kamikaze drones, but Ukrainian troops are repelling the attacks and keeping the situation under control.

Russians suffered significant losses - 53 killed and wounded, as well as 14 pieces of weapons and military equipment, including 2 tanks and 11 armored vehicles, during an unsuccessful attempt to break through near Bilohorivka in Luhansk region.

Russian shelling in the Kharkiv region resulted in civilian casualties, damage to residential buildings, and intense fighting, during which Ukrainian troops successfully repelled enemy attacks.

Fierce fighting continues at the Siverskyi and Pokrovske directions, where Russian troops are making numerous unsuccessful attempts to break through the Ukrainian defense, suffering significant losses.

On May 20, a day of mourning was declared in the Kharkiv region after Russian occupiers killed 11 people, including a pregnant woman, by shelling villages in the region.