Battles at Bilohorivka, Luhansk and Bakhmut
Two Russian missiles hit the center of the city of Kharkiv in northeastern Ukraine, and one hit a residential building, local officials said today.
“A residential building in the city center was affected. A fire broke out. So far it has been known that there are three victims: a 54-year-old woman and two men aged 51 and 55,” Kharkiv Oblast Governor Oleh Sinekhubov wrote on the Telegram messaging platform.
He added that the woman is being treated for shrapnel injuries.
Reuters was unable to independently confirm the information.
Meanwhile, the governor of the Luhansk region, Serhiy Haidai, said today that Ukrainian forces are in control of the village of Bilohorivka, adding that the situation there is tense but under control.
“Information is being spread in the Russian Federation about the alleged capture of Bilhorivka and the removal of our people from there,” Haidai said on Ukrainian television.
“Our troops remain in their positions, no one has occupied Bilohorivka, no one has entered there, there is no enemy there,” he added.
Some Moscow-appointed officials and pro-Russian military bloggers had recently claimed that the Russians were advancing in the direction of Bilohorivka, the last part of Luhansk region controlled by Ukrainian forces.
“The situation on the front is tense, but it is controlled by Ukrainian forces,” Haidai said.
“The number of Russian attacks has increased, but all of them have been repelled by our troops, who remain in their positions,” he added, while Reuters again notes that it is unable to confirm the information from an independent source.
In addition, the head of the Russian private militia Wagner said today that heavy fighting continues in the northern parts of the city of Bakhmut, which has been the focus of Russian forces’ attention for weeks.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder and head of Wagner, said his soldiers were “fighting for every street, every house, every stairwell” against Ukrainian forces who are not backing down.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said yesterday, Saturday, that the situation on the front lines in eastern Ukraine is getting more difficult and Russia is throwing more and more troops into the battle.
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