Russia launched a land offensive in the Kharkiv region on Friday, May 10, the Ukrainian Defense Ministry announced, affirming that it was “repulsed” but that “fights of various intensities” continue. “Around 5 a.m., the enemy tried to break through our defense lines using armored vehicles”, reports kyiv, without clarifying the exact location of this attack. The Russian army also carried out strikes with guided aerial bombs, said the ministry, which said it had deployed reserve units to “strengthen the defense” of the region.
Ukraine has been worried for several weeks about a potential new Russian offensive in the area. The Ukrainian army is struggling on the front, weakened by a lack of recruits and delays in the delivery of Western aid, which have notably emptied its ammunition stocks. Opposite, Russian forces have claimed limited territorial gains, mainly in the east, without however achieving any real breakthrough.
Russian nuclear forces are “always” ready for combat, Vladimir Putin has warned. “Russia will do everything to avoid a global confrontation. But, at the same time, we will not allow anyone to threaten us. Our forces [nucléaires] strategic are always on alert”, declared the Russian president during the May 9 military parade on Red Square.
Electricity restrictions after a “massive” attack by Russia on Wednesday. Electricity production and transmission sites in the regions of Poltava (east), Kirovograd (center), Zaporizhzhia (south), Lviv, Ivano-Frankivsk and Vinnytsia (west) were targeted, the Ukrainian Minister of Energy said. ‘Energy, Wednesday on Telegram.