Russia Ukraine war live: Kyiv faces ‘tough battles ahead’ in Kharkiv as Putin’s forces expand frontline

Russian forces have expanded the world of energetic fight by nearly 43 miles (70 km) by launching their offensive within the Kharkiv area, Ukraine’s military chief Oleksandr Syrskyi mentioned on Friday

“The enemy expanded the zone of energetic hostilities by nearly 70 kilometers, thus making an attempt to pressure us to make use of an extra variety of brigades from the reserve,” he wrote on Telegram.

He added that he anticipated combating to accentuate as Kyiv troops are additionally getting ready to defend in northern area of Sumy.

Harbin within the northeastern Heilongjiang province, which borders Russia’s Far East, has deep social, financial and cultural ties with its neighbouring nation. Town was as soon as often known as “Little Moscow” for its substantial Russian inhabitants and cultural affect.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has mentioned that “not a single week” in additional than two years of struggle has passed by with out Russia committing “terror in opposition to our individuals”.

In a message on Telegram, which included photos of the most recent assaults in Ukraine perpetrated by Russian forces, Mr Zelensky mentioned Ukraine “should pressure Russia to an actual, simply peace”, referring to latest claims by Vladimir Putin that he was concerned with a peace deal – although just one on his phrases.

“There has not been a single week in additional than two years of this struggle when Russia shunned terror in opposition to our individuals,” Mr Zelensky wrote.

“Russia is making an attempt to broaden the struggle, accompanying it invariably with empty phrases about peace. We should pressure Russia to an actual, simply peace by all means. Our defence in opposition to assaults and blows is decisive.

“Thanks to everybody who defends Ukraine! Because of all of the international locations that assist us!”

Satellite tv for pc imagery launched this morning has proven that at the least Russian fighter jets have been destroyed at an airbase in occupied Crimea.

The Russian defence ministry reported an assault on Tuesday night time on the Belbek airbase on the port metropolis of Sevastopol, claiming that US-supplied ATACMS long-range missiles had been used within the assault.

However they claimed that that they had “destroyed” all ten missiles fired.

This new satellite tv for pc imagery seems to solid doubt on that declare.

Footage collated from numerous Russian Telegram channels seem to point out the aftermath of a sequence of Ukrainian drone strikes on southwest Russia.

Russian forces have superior six miles into Ukraine‘s Kharkiv area in a single space however the scenario has “stabilised” as of Friday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has mentioned, in response to by RBC-Ukraine media outlet.

”Right this moment, our defence forces have stabilised the Russians the place they’re now. The deepest level of their advance is 10 km,” Mr Zelensky advised journalists.

As Ukraine claims the combating in its northeast Kharkiv area has “stabilised” every week after Russia launched its shock assault, each side say they’ve efficiently repelled in a single day drone assaults.

Ukrainian forces mentioned they shot down all 20 drones fired by Russia. Among the many areas attacked was the Kharkiv area.

It broken 5 buildings, considered one of them belonging to the district administration, Kharkiv’s regional governor, Oleh Syniehubov, mentioned on Telegram.

In Russia, authorities mentioned that they had managed to include a fireplace at an oil refinery within the city of Tuapse that broke out after a Ukrainian drone assault. The coastal city in southwest Russia is tons of of miles from the closest Ukrainian troopers and demonstrated, once more, the growing vary of Kyiv’s drone programme.

In Belgorod, simply throughout the border with Ukraine, the area’s mayor Vyacheslav Gladkov claimed {that a} mom and her son have been killed by a Ukrainian drone strike. He didn’t present proof.

Additional afield, Vladimir Putin started the second day of his two-day journey to China. He arrived in “Little Moscow” this morning, situated in Harbin, the capital of China’s north-eastern Heilongjiang province, which shares a border with Russia. He lauded the 2 international locations’ “inseparable” partnership in a speech.

And within the Center East final night time, Ukraine’s Oleksandr Usyk held a press convention with British boxer Tyson Fury forward of their Saturday heavyweight boxing conflict.

Mr Usky was carrying a conventional Ukrainian embroidered band in honour of Vyshyvanka Day, an annual celebration of Ukrainian unity. He’s combating to unify the heavweight division.

The influential sister of North Korean chief Kim Jong-un once more denied Friday that her nation has exported any weapons to Russia, as she labeled exterior hypothesis on North Korea-Russian arms dealings as “probably the most absurd paradox.”

The US, South Korea and others have steadfastly accused North Korea of supplying artillery, missiles and different typical weapons to Russia for its struggle in Ukraine in return for superior navy applied sciences and financial support. Each North Korea and Russia have repeatedly dismissed that.

International consultants imagine North Korea’s latest sequence of artillery and short-range missile exams have been meant to look at or promote the weapons it was planning to promote to Russia.

All faculties have been closed within the Crimean port metropolis of Sevastopol and courses cancelled after the area got here beneath a heavy Ukrainian drone assault in a single day.

No less than 51 drones have been intercepted in a single day in Crimea, Russia’s defence ministry claimed.

Native governor Mikhail Razvozhaev took to Telegram and confirmed the shutdown.

“In view of the scenario, I decided to cancel courses in all faculties, establishments of secondary vocational training and kindergartens,” he mentioned, including that the area will see remoted blackouts.

In a significant in a single day aerial raid, Ukraine’s navy hit an electrical energy substation within the area, inflicting rolling blackouts all through the town housing Russia’s Black Sea naval fleet.

Ukraine doesn’t usually touch upon assaults on Russia and Russia-occupied Crimea but it surely says attacking vitality and navy infrastructure there aids Kyiv by weakening Russian capabilities.