Frontline fighting: Russia advancing in shock offensive north of Kharkiv | BBC News
301,552
Published 2024-05-14
Troops crossed the border from Russia, north of Ukraine’s second city of Kharkiv, seizing territory in a surprise new offensive.
It follows months of largely static fighting over defensive positions in the east and south of Ukraine, where Russia has held territory occupied since its invasion in 2022.
Ukrainian forces appear to have been caught by surprise by the opening of the new front north of Kharkiv. Thousands of civilians are fleeing the area. The Russian advance could directly threaten Kharkiv if its forces reach artillery range of the city.
Clive Myrie presents BBC News at Ten reporting by James Waterhouse and Jeremy Bowen.
Subscribe here: bit.ly/1rbfUog
For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com/news
#BBCNews
All Comments (21)
-
Boris Johnson is going to parachute into the battlefield and save Ukraine.
-
It’s only a shock because you been spinning Pro Ukrainian propaganda
-
You once told us that Ukraine was winning the war 😂
-
😂 BBC told us last year Russia lost all its army and missiles 😆
-
They are blessed they are not in Gaza and Russia is more humane
-
But but we were told that RuZZia has already lost 90% of its military ???
-
It's not a shock to anybody with common sense.
-
Never bring US$61 billion to a shovel fight.
-
First breaktrough in many months?? What about Avdeevka? Ocheretino? Krasnogorovka?? Western press is in full denial
-
This is not the defeat of Ukraine this is the defeat of USA and his wife UK.
-
First breakthrough in months? Dude where have you been?
-
"Russia has already lost the war" Joe Biden in 2022 😂
-
CNN is telling me Ukraine is winning what happened 😆😆
-
Imagine what BBC used to feed us before other social media 😳
-
western 'analyst' : 🤡🤡🤡
-
A year ago BBC reported putin died of heart attack 😂😂
-
Russian shovels and washing machine chips are becoming a huge problem
-
Where is Boris Johnson
-
Wish there was BBC reporting from Gaza also like they’re reporting from Ukraine.
-
Russia is not Afghanistan
