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Up to 30,000 Russian troops are involved in the attack on Kharkiv after Moscow began targeting the region last week, Kyiv warned.
“At the moment, Russian actions in the border area are ongoing,” Oleksandr Lytvynenko, the recently appointed secretary of Ukraine’s security council, said.
“We can say that we don’t see any threat of assault on the city of Kharkiv. But there are a lot of Russians, quite a lot. About 50,000 were on the border.” He warned that “more than 30,000” were involved in the current attack.
Kharkiv governor Oleh Syniehubov confirmed ground had been lost to the Russian advance, describing the situation as “difficult”.
“The enemy is trying to deliberately stretch it (the frontline), attacking in small groups, but in new directions, so to speak,” he said in televised comments.
It comes as US secretary of state Anthony Blinken made an unannounced visit to Kyiv to provide “strong reassurance” over military aid.
Mr Blinken arrived by sleeper train, rolling into Kyiv after a nine-hour journey from the Polish border. He touched down on Monday in the south-eastern Polish town of Rzeszów.
Russia claims capture of Kharkiv town Buhruvatka
Russian troops have captured the town of Buhruvatka in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, the defence ministry reports, according to Reuters.
The claim comes hours after Russia’s TASS news agency reported the western and northern parts of Vovchansk in Ukraine’s Kharkhiv region had fallen.
Kremlin critic Kara-Murza loses his appeal against treason sentence
Russia’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza against his 25-year jail sentence on treason and other charges, according to a Reuters reporter at the court on Tuesday.
Moscow-born Kara-Murza, who has both Russian and British passports, has repeatedly condemned Russia’s war in Ukraine, criticised President Vladimir Putin, and lobbied for Western sanctions against Moscow.
His quarter of a century jail term - handed down last year after what he described as a show trial like those under Josef Stalin in the 1930s - was the harshest of its kind since Russia sent tens of thousands of troops into Ukraine in 2022.
Russia to engage all resources to attack Kharkiv in coming days, Kyiv warns
Vladimir Putin is set to enage “all available resources” to attack Kharkiv over the coming days, Ukraine’s top military spy warned.
General Kyrylo Budanov said the Russian military had stationed small assault units near Ukraine’s northern Sumy region and more reserves were expected soon.
He added that Ukrainian forces would be able to shore up their lines and stabilise the front within the next few days - but attacks in the northeast were intended to stretch Kyiv’s thin reserves and divert them from fighting elsewhere.
Kremlin says it does not see change of defence minister as damaging war effort
The Kremlin said it did not believe that a change of defence minister and ongoing corruption scandals within the ministry would negatively affect the way Russia is conducting what it calls its special military operation in Ukraine.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov declined to comment when asked about he arrest of a senior Russian Defence Ministry official, Yuri Kuznetsov, saying investigative authorities were looking into the matter.
Kuznetsov, who served as head of the Defence Ministry’s personnel department, is accused of taking a large bribe, the Russian Investigative Committee said.
UK shadow defence and foreign secretaries visit Ukraine
The UK’s shadow defence and foreign secretaries have travelled to Ukraine to pledge their “ironclad” support for Kyiv’s war effort.
British shadow foreign secretary, David Lammy, and shadow defence secretary, John Healey, visited the town of Bucha and met with war crimes experts who are investigating alleged crimes committed by Russian forces in March 2022.
Mr Lammy said of the visit: “As detailed to me yesterday, the crimes committed by Russian forces in Bucha are heinous.
“The international community must continue to support Ukraine, in all areas, including in the area of accountability within atrocity crimes. Labour is committed to holding the Russian regime to account for its crimes.”
‘Unlikely’ Russia has combat power to take Kharkiv, UK says
It is unlikely Russia has the combat power to take Kharkiv without diverting more resources to the region, the UK’s ministry of defence said.
A colonel, who did not want to be named, previously told The Independent the present Russian attack would likely be limited - with the aim of establishing a no man’s land between Russia and Ukraine’s Sumy and Kharkiv regions.
It comes after Kyiv warned up to 30,000 Russian troops were involved in the attack on the Kharkiv region after Moscow began targeting it last week.
“At the moment, Russian actions in the border area are ongoing,” Oleksandr Lytvynenko, the recently appointed secretary of Ukraine’s security council, said.
“We can say that we don’t see any threat of assault on the city of Kharkiv. But there are a lot of Russians, quite a lot. About 50,000 were on the border.” He warned that “more than 30,000” were involved in the current attack.
Pictured: Blinken arrives in Kyiv
Up to 30,000 Russian troops attacking Kharkiv, Kyiv says
Up to 30,000 Russian troops are involved in the attack on Kharkiv after Putin’s forces began targeting the region last week, Kyiv warned.
“At the moment, Russian actions in the border area are ongoing,” Oleksandr Lytvynenko, the recently appointed secretary of Ukraine’s security council, said.
“We can say that we don’t see any threat of assault on the city of Kharkiv. But there are a lot of Russians, quite a lot. About 50,000 were on the border.” He warned that “more than 30,000” were involved in the current attack.
Putin’s surprise decision to replace his defence minister raises as many questions as it answers
Putin to visit China this week
Vladimir Putin will visit China this week, TASS news agency reports, citing the Kremlin.
The Russian leader is set to visit Beijing and the northeast province of Harbin on 16 and 17 May, according to reports.
The trip is his first foreign trip since his inauguration for a new term as president. He last visited China in October 2023.
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