Live battle in Ukraine, day 808 | Explosions in Kharkiv as Russians launch ground offensive. New attacks reported in Russia

Over the past day, 1,775 civilians have been evacuated from their homes in the Kharkiv region, amid renewed Russian attacks in the region, Governor Oleg Sinihubov announced on Saturday, May 11. Kyiv Independent.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed reports on May 10 that Russia was carrying out new offensive operations in the Kharkiv area and fighting along the Ukrainian-Russian border, 30 kilometers north of Kharkiv.

According to the Prosecutor General’s Office, three civilians were killed and four wounded in Russian attacks over the last day.

Commenting on media reports that Russian troops had captured four border villages, Sinihubov said on Friday that fighting was ongoing in the border areas, but no ground had been lost so far.

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced on the morning of May 11 that they had foiled nine attacks in the Kharkiv region over the past day.

Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) on May 9 arrested Russian intelligence officers who were preparing terrorist attacks in Ukraine’s capital, it said. Ukrainian Pravda SBU representative, Artem Dekhtyarenko.

“The SBU acted proactively, and the perpetrators of the terrorist attack were caught in the act. In addition, evidence was collected that unconditionally confirms the Russian path,” Dektyarenko said.

According to the SBU, those who organized the attacks were representatives of the Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) in Russia.

Local authorities announced that Russian forces carried out drone strikes on the city of Nikopol in the Ukrainian region of Dnipropetrovsk between Friday and Saturday night. Ukrainian Pravda.

As a result of the attack, two houses and infrastructure were damaged.

Officials said there was no casualty.

The Russian Defense Ministry announced that 21 RM-70 Vampire missiles and 16 drones were destroyed overnight in various parts of Russia, the state news agency reported. Interfax.

“21 missiles and nine drones were destroyed by the service’s air defense systems on the border of the Belgorod region, and seven drones were intercepted and destroyed in the Kursk and Volgograd regions,” the ministry’s statement said. From Moscow.

In a message posted on Telegram just before 2 a.m., Belgorod Governor Vyacheslav Klatkov said that “according to preliminary information, eight civilians were injured” and that several villages had houses, buildings and cars.

Earlier, the pro-Russian separatist leader of Luhansk, Leonid Pashenik, announced that the Ukrainian army had attacked an oil depot in the city of Rovenki. Three people were killed and seven were injured. Following the blast, a fire broke out at the oil depot, damaging the surrounding houses. A Moscow-based official in the Ukrainian region says US-made ATACMS missiles with cluster munitions were used in the attack.

Ukraine usually does not comment on these attacks.

Several explosions were heard in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine from Friday to Saturday, according to reports Ukrainian PravdaUkrainian Air Force and broadcaster citing Suspiln.

After midnight, the military warned of a possible missile attack in the Kharkiv region. Then, according to sources cited, an explosion was heard.

Oleg Sinekubov, the head of the Kharkiv regional government administration, confirmed that Russian forces were striking the city of Kharkiv and the region of the same name, asking people to stay in shelters.

The alarm continued until 6:14 am (same time in Romania).

Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has a stern message for British Foreign Secretary David Cameron, threatening to attack both Ukraine and Britain with “special weapons”.

Medvedev, one of the spokesmen for the Kremlin’s tough rhetoric, was puzzled by Cameron’s call to support Ukraine from the start of the message.

“I remember him very well. I worked with him when he became prime minister. A boring ordinary Brit”, Medvedev begins his tirade at Cameroon, looking like “a young devil reveling in his unexpected position”.

Dmitry Medvedev takes center stage in his Telegram message, which threatens the West into increasing support for Ukraine, including allowing attacks on Russian territory with its weapons.

More details: Dmitry Medvedev insults David Cameron and threatens Britain: Russia will attack with “special weapons”

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