Ukrainian authorities have ordered a mandatory evacuation of nearly 12,000 civilians from 37 towns and villages in the Kupiansk district of Ukraine's eastern Kharkiv region.
Maliar said Russia “has formed an offensive group and is attempting to move forward” in the area in an effort to advance on the Ukrainian-held city of Kupiansk, an important rail junction.
The Russians have formed eight so-called “Storm-Z” detachments - made up of convicts released from prison acting under military commanders - for the push, and fighting in the area was “intense,” according to Oleksandr Syrskyi, the ground forces commander of the Ukrainian Armed Forces.It was not possible to independently verify either side’s battlefield claims.from areas where the fighting has heated up.
One person was killed and nine injured in a Russian missile strike on the city of Zaporizhzhia late Thursday, said regional governor Yuriy Malashko. In Russia, two people died in Ukrainian shelling of the village of Chausi, five kilometers from the border, said Bryansk regional governor Alexander Bogomaz.second straight day
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