Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the world 2024 at 11:25 AM EDTBookmarkSaveUkraine’s top military officer said Kyiv’s forces largely halted a Russian incursion in the northeast even as the Kremlin hit the city of Kharkiv with a missile attack that killed at least seven people Today’s Paper#masthead-section-label, #masthead-bar-one { display: none }Russia-Ukraine War By Marco Hernandez Russian forces are making progress in many directions at once Russian troops have surged across the border from the north and opened a new line of attack near Kharkiv capturing settlements and villages and forcing thousands of civilians to flee Russia launched one line of attack near Ohirtseve Both sides reported fighting near Hlyboke on Sunday Sources: Institute for the Study of War with American Enterprise Institute’s Critical Threats Project The real goal may be to divert already-weakened Ukrainian forces from critical battles elsewhere But one thing is clear: The map of battle in Ukraine looks a lot different today than it did only a week ago Ukraine is more vulnerable than at any time since the harrowing first weeks of the 2022 invasion a range of soldiers and commanders have said in interviews It is too soon to know if the war in Ukraine has hit a turning point But Russia’s progress isn’t just in the northeast Russia has been making small but geographically broad gains across the eastern front. And what started as a modest Russian advance near Avdiivka has grown in recent weeks into a roughly 15-square-mile bulge that is complicating the defense of the Donetsk region Months of delays in American assistance, a spiraling number of casualties and severe shortages of ammunition have taken a deep toll evident in the exhausted expressions and weary voices of soldiers engaged in daily combat Whether Russia will succeed in weakening Ukraine’s defenses in other parts of the front line remains to be seen appears to be to draw Ukrainian forces away from Chasiv Yar a town on strategic high ground where Ukrainians have fought for weeks to stave off an attack Russia’s broad range of attacks appears to be stretching Ukrainian forces thin. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov, the head of Ukraine’s military intelligence agency, said in an interview from a bunker in Kharkiv this week that it has been difficult to find the personnel to shore up defenses in the northeast “All of our forces are either here or in Chasiv Yar,” he said we don’t have anyone else in the reserves.” At least seven people were killed and 20 injured due to a Russian missile strike on Kharkiv The number of injured as a result of shelling increased to 20 Seven people died," Ukraine's State Emergency Service (DSNS) said in a statement on Telegram the DSNS said search and rescue operations in the city were ongoing where 16 people were injured due to the attack Kharkiv Governor Oleh Synyehubov said on Telegram that the missile attack hit Kharkiv’s Kholodnohirskyi and Osnovianskyi districts bv Synyehubov further said that strikes were also recorded in the city of Lyubotyn about 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) from Kharkiv Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on X that Russia launched 15 missiles at once on Kharkiv and Lyubotyn He argued that Russia is “taking advantage of Ukraine's lack of sufficient air defense protection” and capability to destroy missile launchers close to the border between the two countries which has not dared to deal with terrorists in the way they deserve for three years,” he noted Zelenskyy also said he is grateful to everyone who is helping Ukraine but that they need “more determination Russian authorities have not yet commented on the attack Airstrikes in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv region have intensified since Russian faces attempted to breach the country’s defenses in the region on May 10 opening a new front in the over two-year-long conflict that is concentrated in the country’s east and south Clashes in the region have intensified since then located about 74 kilometers (45 miles) from Kharkiv Russia claims to have seized control of multiple border settlements since the start of its offensive on the Kharkiv front