The Latest Breaking News from Kharkiv

British Ministry of Defence says it will take Moscow ‘years to rebuild capacity’

ON ROAD TO BALAKLIIA, Ukraine: Fighting is still raging in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region but Ukraine's forces are making good progress because its forces are highly motivated and its operation is well planned, Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Malyar told Reuters on Tuesday.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky called on the West to speed up weapons deliveries as Ukrainians move to consolidate control over the territories surrounding Kharkiv seized back from Russia. In a retaliatory move Russia struck several recaptured areas with missiles overnight. Read about the day's events as they unfolded on our…

President denounces Russian missile strikes on Kharkiv civilian infrastructure, calling them a ‘sign of desperation’

Ukraine has set its sights on freeing all territory occupied by invading Russian forces after driving them back in a speedy counter-offensive in the northeast and there are indications of more U.S. military aid on the way to back Ukraine's mission.

Ukrainian forces have recaptured 6,000 sq km in south and east, Zelenskiy says; Kyiv says Russia has stopped sending new troops into Ukraine

The Ukrainian troops have made major gains in the country’s northeast this month in counteroffensive against Russians.

Russian soldiers abandoned by their units in the eastern Kharkiv region of Ukraine fled in disguises on bicycles following a surprise counteroffensive against them, according to reports by The Washington Post and Financial Times.

Ukraine's counteroffensive in the northeastern part of the country seemed to catch Russia by surprise in the nearly 7-month-old war