Kharkiv was shelled by Russian forces yesterday evening.

Kharkiv was shelled by Russian forces yesterday evening.

Russian troops have conducted a partially successful assault operation on the Ternova – Izbytske front and were able to gain a foothold in its northern part. They have remotely planted mines on the possible routes of advance of Ukrainian troops near Petrivka, 20 km to the east of Staryi Saltiv.

Amnesty International published a report detailing Russian use of missiles and cluster munitions in Kharkiv causing mass destruction and civilian deaths.

Ukrainian defenders destroyed a Russian headquarters and ammunition warehouse in Kharkiv Oblast earlier on the same day.

The enemy fired on the residential areas of Kharkiv with artillery and MLRS 'Smerch' and 'Urahan', resulting in one civilian wounded.