The Kremlin said on Friday that around 5,000 Ukrainian troops were trapped on the eastern bank of the River Oskil, in Ukraine's eastern Kharkiv region.

Ukrainian forces are redeploying significant numbers of troops from the Kolodeznoye front in the Kharkiv region, according to military expert Andrey Marochko. Intelligence reports indicate that local commander Drapatyy has shifted up to half of the personnel toward other front-line directions,

Russia attacked the Lozova community in the Kharkiv region. As a result of the Russian strike, 15 settlements were left without electricity, according to Serhii Zelenskyi, head of the Lozova city territorial community.

On November 12 Russia launched at least three attacks on the Kholodnohirskyi district of the city. Russian forces launched a missile strike on a logistics company warehouse in central Kharkiv on Wednesday morning,

Pressure is mounting on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to take stronger action to show accountability in the face of a corruption scandal presenting the greatest threat to his government since Russia’s full-scale invasion.

Russia continued its deadly air strikes on Ukrainian cities, killing at least three people in the Kharkiv region overnight, local officials said, while President Volodymyr Zelenskyy prepared for the next stop on his tour of European capitals to shore up support.

Russia’s top military officer, Gen. Valery Gerasimov, announced on television that Russian forces had captured the strategic city of Kupyansk in Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, with footage showing troops raising the Russian flag.

In Kharkiv, the number of victims rose again after a Russian attack on the night of November 19. As of this morning, 46 people have been wounded as a result of the Russian strike, according to Oleh Syniehubov,