Ukrainian military shoots down a Russian Su-25 fighter jet in Donetsk region.
Ukrainian troops have pushed back Russian forces and are clearing the northern outskirts of Vovchansk in the Kharkiv sector amid ongoing fighting.
A Ukrainian war veteran with the call sign "Teren" who lost both legs in the war will become the new Bachelor on STB TV channel in Ukraine, and casting for the show, which will air in the fall, is already underway.
Vovchansk in the Kharkiv region is turning into Bakhmut or Marinka due to intense Russian shelling and a large number of guided aerial bombs dropped on the city, destroying buildings and causing significant damage.
Due to Russian shelling, about 200 more people need to be evacuated from Vovchansk, but Ukrainian defenders are holding back the enemy on the outskirts of the city.
Russian shelling of a farm in Korotychi, Kharkiv district, killed a civilian, wounded three others, and hospitalized a 71-year-old woman after the shelling of Liptsi.
Five civilians, including four men and a 54-year-old woman, were injured as a result of Russian artillery strikes and bombardment of the border town of Vovchansk in Kharkiv region on May 13.
Local authorities in the Kharkiv region have decided to forcibly evacuate 113 orphans and children deprived of parental care from border settlements in connection with a new Russian offensive in the region.
Germany has not done enough to support Ukraine in the war against Russia, and other countries can also do more, German Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck said.
Some civilians who left the Kharkiv region due to mandatory evacuation are trying to return temporarily to plant gardens, despite the ongoing offensive by Russian troops in the region.
Russian troops launched 11 attacks in the Kharkiv sector, partially succeeding in the area of Lukianets, but Ukrainian troops stopped their advance and counterattacked.
During the Russian offensive in the Kharkiv region, the occupiers captured a group of local residents. Some of them managed to escape to the territory controlled by Ukraine, but some remained in Russian captivity.
Mykhailo Drapaty, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, has replaced Yuriy Galushkin as commander of the Kharkiv operational and tactical group of troops.
Russian occupants intensified shelling of border settlements in Kharkiv region, injuring several civilians and forcing them to evacuate.
Ukrainian troops killed more than 50 Russian occupants near Pylyne, Hlyboke and Lukianets in Kharkiv region overnight.
Russia is spreading disinformation that Ukrainian forces have blocked the evacuation of civilians from Vovchansk, when in fact about 6,000 civilians have already been evacuated from the area.
The situation in the energy sector remains consistently difficult but under control: the most difficult situation is in Kharkiv and Kharkiv region, and restrictions are in place for industrial consumers in Kryvyi Rih.
Evacuation from Vovchansk is extremely difficult due to the constant presence of enemy UAVs, the reluctance of residents to leave the danger zone and the proximity of some settlements to the contact line.
In the Vovchansk sector, the Russian army is attempting to advance in the north and in the Lipetsk sector. Ukrainian defenders are holding back the enemy in these areas. About 15 enemy attacks have been repelled recently. At the same time, 30 volunteer groups are working in the relevant areas to evacuate the population.
A 1500-square-meter industrial and warehouse building caught fire in the village of Vasyshchevo, Kharkiv region, and required 10 fire trucks and 60 rescuers to extinguish the fire.
Ukraine is facing a significant electricity shortage for most of the day, which necessitates a consumption restriction for industrial consumers from 5 p. m. to midnight and record electricity imports from 5 European countries.
Ukrposhta will issue stamps with embroidered shirts of Crimea and Kharkiv region to support these regions.
The Vovchansk city military administration assures that "there were fortifications around the city on the border with Russia, but it was difficult to build them due to constant shelling.
Due to significant damage to energy facilities and electricity shortages, Ukraine has received emergency electricity from Poland, Romania and Slovakia, and consumption restrictions for industrial consumers may be imposed in the evening.
Enemy propagandists are "processing" the occupiers and want to justify crimes against civilians in the context of intensified hostilities in Kharkiv region, according to the Center for Countering Disinformation.
Seven people were injured as a result of a series of massive shelling of Vovchansk, Kharkiv region, by Russian troops using various types of weapons on May 12.
Russian troops shelled populated areas of Kharkiv region with aircraft, multiple launch rocket systems and mortars, damaging residential buildings, private homes and civilian infrastructure, injuring several civilians and forcing the evacuation of more than 1,600 residents from frontline areas, police said.
A series of explosions occurred in Kharkiv.
russian telegram channels falsely claimed that the leadership of the Kharkiv region had disappeared due to the russian offensive, but Ukrainian officials confirmed that the regional leadership remained in Kharkiv and was fulfilling its duties.
Active hostilities continue in the Kharkiv sector, with the enemy using assault tactics, while Ukrainian troops repel attacks and inflict losses on the occupiers.