UKRAINE: Russia on Saturday (May 11) said it had captured five villages in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region during a surprise ground offensive that prompted mass evacuations, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made an urgent call for military aid.
Ukrainian volunteers assist residents of settlements in the north of the Kharkiv region during their evacuation on May 10, 2024, amid the Russia n invasion in Ukraine . UKRAINE: Russia on Saturday said it had captured five villages in Ukraine 's northeastern Kharkiv region during a surprise ground offensive that prompted mass evacuations, as President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made an urgent call for military aid.
Two men aged 50 and 48 were killed and two wounded by guided aerial bomb attacks on the town of Vovchansk close to the border, Synegubov added later. He posted video from Vovchansk showing windows blown out of a multi-storey block of flats and shattered houses on fire. "It's impossible to live there," said Nikolaieva, adding that her family"stayed there until the last moment" without gas or electricity.
"There is some movement and at the moment, it really complicates the evacuation from these areas, because it's really dangerous."Zelenskyy said Saturday troops must"return the initiative to Ukraine" and urged Kyiv's allies to speed up arms deliveries."It is important that our partners support our soldiers and Ukrainian resilience with timely deliveries - really timely ones," he added.
Military investigators work on the site of the damaged building housing the Paradise restaurant following a strike in Donetsk, Russian-controlled Ukraine, on May 11, 2024, amid ongoing Russian-Ukrainian conflict. Officials in Kyiv had warned for weeks that Moscow might try to attack its northeastern border regions, pressing its advantage as Ukraine struggles with delays in Western aid and manpower shortages.
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