KYIV: Ukrainian prosecutors said they were investigating attacks on civilians in two cities in the northeastern region of Kharkiv and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported successes by troops fighting a fresh Russian assault there on Saturday (May 18)
Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address, that Ukrainian forces had grown in confidence, particularly in the Kharkiv region.
However, Russia’s defence ministry said its forces captured the village of Starytsia in the Kharkiv region on Saturday, eight days after a new Russian push in the area began.
“The occupier is losing its infantry and equipment, a tangible loss, even though, just as in 2022, it was counting on a quick advance on our land,” Zelenskiy said, referring to Russia’s initial invasion of Ukraine in February of that year.
