A second wave of Russian missiles struck Kharkiv in the early afternoon, cutting off power and water supplies to the city again.

A second wave of Russian missiles struck Kharkiv in the early afternoon, cutting off power and water supplies to the city again.

Russian forces attacked the Novobavarskyi neighbourhood in Kharkiv on the night of September 12, striking a residential building.

A missile strike hit a residential building in Kharkiv around midnight on September 11, killing one person and injuring two others.

On September 12, strikes on energy infrastructure killed four; a maternity hospital was hit in Kramatorsk.

Ukrainian forces defeated a Russian grouping of up to 12 battalion-tactical groups in five days through a new military tactic and coordinated joint arms operations.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that since the beginning of September, Ukrainian forces had liberated approximately 2,000 square kilometers of territory.

Ukrainian General Staff reported the liberation of dozens of villages; Balakliia was taken under control on September 8, and Western media reported the liberation of Izium while fighting continued in Kupiansk.

Military expert Yuriy Fedorov described the event as a 'cascade collapse of the front' caused by successful Ukrainian intelligence and concentration of troops.

Russian forces launched a rocket attack on Kharkiv TPP-5, causing a fire that rescuers extinguished by noon.