The Latest Breaking News from Kharkiv

Ukraine appears to have successfully driven back Russian forces from Kharkiv; Russia to suspend electricity to Finland after Helsinki announces Nato bid

Two women were found dead in the wood, and just as in pre-war times, forensic investigators head to the scene of the crime, reports Isabelle Khurshudyan

The EU pledged an additional €500 million in military aid to Ukraine at a meeting of G7 nations on Friday while diplomatic efforts intensified with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin both calling on their Russian counterparts to agree to an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine.…

Putin’s forces were said to have targeted Kharkiv, Zaporizhzhia, Chernihiv and Sumy on Thursday as they continued their offensive

Vladimir Putin has “miscalculated appallingly” and Ukraine’s leaders will end the war on “their terms,” Britain said on Thursday as Russian forces were being forced back away from Kharkiv.

Ukrainian forces are keeping up a counterattack to the north of the second largest city of Kharkiv and recapturing several towns and villages toward the Russian border, Britain said on Thursday.

Al Jazeera recaps key events during week 11 of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Moscow warned Finland on Thursday it would face consequences as it seeks to apply for NATO membership "without delay" and Ukraine said it had damaged a Russian navy logistics ship in the Black Sea, where there has been renewed fighting in recent days.

Finland ditches decades of non-alignment in plan to join Nato; UN says 1,000 bodies recovered in Kyiv area