A pipeline for the transport of ammonia, a key fertilizer ingredient, was intentionally breached this week by saboteurs in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. “On the evening of June 5, a Ukrainian subversive and reconnaissance group blew up the Togliatti-Odesa ammonia pipeline near the settlement of Masiutivka in Kharkiv,” the…

PHOENIX—Ukraine member of parliament Dmytro Liubota scrolled through dozens of personal cell phone images showing bombed-out buildings in the Kharkhiv region where he lives. Some buildings were still on fire; many had gaping holes or whole parts blown away. In several photos, pieces of Russian missiles lay in the streets. The missile attacks are an…

MOSCOW—Russian forces are hitting Ukrainian army positions in the Kharkiv region with precision strikes, the country’s defense ministry said on Sunday. Strikes are being carried out by airborne troops, missiles and artillery, the ministry said on social media. Reuters was not immediately able to verify the reports. …

KYIV/KHARKIV, Ukraine—Ukraine accused Russian forces of attacking civilian infrastructure in response to a weekend offensive by Ukrainian troops. Ukrainian officials said the targets of the retaliatory attacks included water facilities and a thermal power station in Kharkiv, and that they caused widespread blackouts. “No military facilities, the goal is to deprive people of light &…

KYIV/KHARKIV, Ukraine—Ukraine accused Russian forces of attacking civilian infrastructure in response to a weekend offensive by Ukrainian troops. Ukrainian officials said the targets of the retaliatory attacks included water facilities and a thermal power station in Kharkiv, and that they caused widespread blackouts. “No military facilities, the goal is to deprive people of light &…

Ukrainian armed forces uploaded video footage that reportedly shows air defense systems shooting down a Russian Su-34 fighter jet near the city of Kharkiv. The footage was published on social media by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on April 3, showing a fiery object plummeting from the sky. “Anti-aircraft missiles of the…

Ukraine’s armed forces on Sunday uploaded a video of what they said was a downed Russian jet crashing in flames in the eastern city of Kharkiv. Reuters has been unable to verify the claim. The location in the video matches that of buildings seen on satellite and street-level images of Kharkiv close to the city’s…

Russian missiles continued to bombard residential areas and administrative buildings in Ukraine’s second-largest city on Wednesday, according to the country’s Ministry of Defense. Footage released by Ukraine’s Ministry of Emergency Situations showed the regional headquarters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs in Kharkiv in flames, while firefighters attempt to put out the fire. No official…