Kharkiv

Over a 24-hour period from 6-7 March, Russian forces have been shelling and carrying out aerial bombardment of residential neighbourhoods and various facilities in Kharkiv and nearby villages with renewed force, resulting in a lot of destruction and fire.

One person has been killed, and a fire has started as a result of Russian air strikes on central Kharkiv.

A Russian air strike has hit the Kharkiv TV tower. Currently, broadcasting in the city is interrupted.

A unit of the National Guard shot down a Russian fighter jet over Kharkiv, but further air raids by the occupier are expected.

During the 24 hours of March 5, the areas that witnessed the most extensive damage to the civilian infrastructure caused by warfare are the city of Chernihiv in the north of Ukraine, the city of Kharkiv in the north-east, the Bucha district of the Kyiv region and the Korosten district of the Zhytomyr region.

Kharkiv residents are reporting the sounds of volleys and explosions.

A Russian bomber attacked a military base in Kharkiv. Four members of the National Guard of Ukraine were killed, and several wounded.

Russian bombers are continuously targeting central Kharkiv.

Ihor Terekhov, Mayor of Kharkiv, has refuted false rumours claiming capitulation of Kharkiv; he assured that Kharkiv was holding on and would not surrender to the aggressor.

Kharkiv is under constant fire and needs humanitarian corridors at least to allow it to receive humanitarian aid from other cities.

In Russian-occupied Kherson, invaders may attempt to simulate a "rally" allegedly in support of the Russian occupation. They are already bringing people and vehicles into the city.

Buildings and structures were destroyed in the Russian shelling of a multi-story residential complex in the Kharkiv district of North Saltivka.

Russian forces are once again bombing civilians in the city of Izyum in the Kharkiv Region.

Explosions were heard in Kharkiv a few minutes after air raid sirens were sounded in the city. According to Ukrainska Pravda’s sources, two missiles were likely launched at the city.

The Russian invaders hit the building of the Kharkiv City Council with a cruise missile.

After the morning shelling of Kharkiv by Russian troops, rescuers have pulled people out of the rubble: 4 people are currently known to be dead.

Russian troops have struck the building of the Regional Department of the National Police and Security Service of Ukraine in Kharkiv.

One battalion of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in one armed vehicle and with only one Javelin anti-tank missile captured 6 Russian tanks in one battle near Kharkiv, said journalist Yuriy Butusov.

A missile launched by the Russian invaders struck the central square of Kharkiv, killing 7 people and injuring 24 others, including one child.

Russian troops executed an airstrike on a Kharkiv factory that manufactures lifting and transport equipment, resulting in death and injuries.

In Kharkiv, the Russian aircraft that dropped a bomb on a residential building killing 8 people, has been brought down.

In Kharkiv, Russian shelling hit a city hospital.

President Vladimir Zelensky stressed that Russia had become a terrorist state after a missile strike on Freedom Square in Kharkiv.