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Russia Opens New Front in Ukraine’s Kharkiv Region

Russia Opens New Front in Ukraine’s Kharkiv Region

State Emergency Service employees extinguish fires at houses destroyed by shelling in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine, in this handout photograph taken and released by the National Police of Ukraine on May 10, 2024. © AFP, National Police of Ukraine

Ukraine strengthened its defenses in the northeastern Kharkiv region to repel a Russian attempt to breach local defenses, a tactical shift by Moscow that Ukrainian officials have anticipated for weeks as the war enters its third year. Intense nighttime shelling targeted Vovchansk, a town in the Kharkiv region and less than 5 kilometers (3 miles) […]