Law enforcers in Ukraine have pressed criminal charges against a Russian battalion-tactical group commander who ordered his soldiers to open fire on cars carrying civilians in Kharkiv.
Four bodies of civilians have been recovered from under the rubble of an apartment block destroyed in Russia’s missile strike on the city of Kharkiv back in February 2022.
Konstantin Panfilov, Deputy Director of the Department of Agro-Industrial Development of the Regional Administration, told Suspilny about this. “Under occupation .....
The Armed Forces of Ukraine liberated the village of Dementiyivka in Kharkiv direction. The Russian troops continue their offensive in the Eastern Operational Zone.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has intercepted a phone call of a Russian serviceman boasting to his father about torturing the Ukrainian POWs and shelling peaceful settlements in Kharkiv region.
Russian troops have focused their efforts on Donetsk direction and try to restrain the offensive of Ukraine’s Defense Forces north of Kharkiv. In addition, the enemy gets ready for offensive operations near Izium.
Ukraine has already pushed back the Russian army around Kyiv, Kharkiv, and other cities, so Ukraine might be able to push back Russia in other areas which Russia has been able to occupy.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has thanked the soldiers of the 227th Battalion of the 127th Brigade of the Ukrainian Territorial Defense Forces who reached the state border of Ukraine at a border section in the Kharkiv region.
The enemy continues the offensive in the east. At the same time, it focuses its efforts on securing the withdrawal of its units from Kharkiv and preventing the units of Ukraine’s Defense Forces from advancing to the rear of the Russian troops near Izium.
In Kharkiv region, the enemy suffers significant losses and withdraws its troops to Belgorod region (Russia). The units of Ukraine’s Defense Forces liberated the settlements of Cherkaski Tyshky, Ruski Tyshky, Rubizhne, and Bayrak.
In the Kharkiv region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have regained control over the settlements of Oleksandrivka, Fedorivka, Ukrainka, Shestakove, Peremoha, and part of the village of Cherkaski Tyshky.