The Latest Breaking News from Kharkiv

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy paid a surprise visit on Wednesday to the newly recaptured town of Izium, a key logistics hub in the northeastern Kharkiv region, and thanked his army for their success in retaking territory from Russian forces.

Ukraine officials say they will seek evidence of alleged crimes

Russian intelligence officers and military commanders in south ‘urgently resettling families’, Ukraine claims

Ukraine recaptures towns seized in the early days of Russia’s invasion, urges Western powers to send more weapons.

The time and tide of the conflict is changing, temporarily at least, reports Kim Sengupta from Kyiv

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky says Ukraine has recaptured thousands of square kilometres of territory from Russian forces in a matter of days in a counteroffensive near Kharkiv. Kyiv has been revelling in this battlefield success.

Recent gains by Ukraine likened to ‘scoring a goal before half-time’

Flags raised on areas previously occupied as Russian troops pushed out from over 6,000 sq km of territory

Ukrainian troops piled pressure on retreating Russian forces Tuesday, pressing a counteroffensive that has produced major gains and a stunning blow to Moscow's military prestige. As the advance continued, Ukraine’s border guard services said the army took control of Vovchansk — a town just 3 kilometers (2 miles) from Russia…