More than 9,300 people have been evacuated from seven communities in the Kharkiv, Chuhuiv, and Bohodukhiv districts in the Kharkiv region that are under Russian shelling.
President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke about working with partners to provide Kharkiv, Donetsk, Sumy and other regions with more basic defence - air defence systems and long-range weapons.
United Nations Humanitarian Coordinator for Ukraine Denise Brown condemned Russia's strikes on Kherson and the Kharkiv region, which resulted in dozens of civilian casualties.
In Kharkiv, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky met with the servicemen of the 92nd separate assault brigade named after Kish Ataman Ivan Sirko and presented them with state awards.
During a working tour to Kharkiv, President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine met with the fighters from the 92nd Separate Assault Brigade, honoring them with state awards.
In the Kharkiv sector, soldiers of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine captured two Russian servicemen and killed four more who resisted.
Nearly 140 combat clashes took place between Ukraine’s Defense Forces and Russian invasion troops since day-start as the number of firefights increased, including in the Kharkiv direction.
In the Kharkiv direction, the Ukrainian Defense Forces inflicted fire on the enemy, pushed them back, and are conducting operations on the northern outskirts of Vovchansk.
Police officers have already evacuated more than 1,700 civilians from the Tsyrkuny, Lyptsi, and Vovchansk territorial communities of the Kharkiv region, which are currently under Russian shelling.