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President Volodymr Zelensky Thursday visited Kharkiv as intense Russian attacks raged on Ukraine's second largest city, thanking defenders wounded trying to repel Russian invaders.

Two women were killed and four more people were injured in Russian attacks on Kharkiv Oblast on 16 May. Source: the Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine Quote: "The investigation reports that on 16 May at about 00:20, Russian troops launched missile attacks on the town of Chuhuiv.

“The frontline in Kharkiv Oblast is very close to stabilization, with the most difficult situation in the city Vovchansk,” commander of the Achilles Battalion of the 92nd Separate Assault Brigade, Yuriy Fedorenko, told the Ukrainian TV channel Espresso on May 16.

The Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed a Russian T-72 tank in Vovchansk, Kharkiv Oblast, and released a video of the strike, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported on Telegram on May 16.

Russian troops attacked the village of Zolochiv (Kharkiv Oblast) with guided aerial bombs on the night of 5-6 May, injuring a woman and causing extensive damage. Source: Oleh Syniehubov, Head of Kharkiv Oblast Military Administration, on Telegram Quote from Syniehubov: "[Russian guided aerial bombs struck] the village of Zolochiv, Bohodukhiv district, at 02:30 on 6 May.

The Russians have launched an airstrike on energy assets in Sumy Oblast, and invincibility centres are being deployed in the city of Sumy. [An invincibility centre is heated premises stocked with food and power banks to assist residents facing hardships due to power cuts - ed.

They were snapped up by Russian soldiers and arbitrarily detained. Two years on, release remains elusive for Ukrainian civilians in captivity.

Russian forces struck Kharkiv Oblast with a FAB-1500 air-dropped bomb for the first time since the beginning of the full-scale invasion, Kharkiv Oblast Police reported on May 6.

Russian troops shelled the village of Uhroidy in Sumy Oblast on May 6, injuring three people, including two children, Suspilne reported, citing Iryna Yukhta, secretary of the Krasnopil village council.

Russian troops are trying to break through Ukraine's defenses and reach the cities of Pokrovsk and Kurakhove in Donetsk Oblast, Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi said on May 6.