Three people including a 12-year-old boy were killed in Russian attacks on eastern Ukraine where Russian forces have claimed steady advances in recent weeks which the Kremlin claimed to have annexed in late 2022 said two people were killed and another wounded by Russian attacks on the village of Mykhaylivka "A 12-year-old boy is among the dead," the official describing two aerial attacks 30 minutes apart that left several homes damaged one person was killed and two others wounded in a Russian rocket attack in the northeastern Ukrainian region of Kharkiv where Moscow's forces have recently captured several villages Kharkiv borders Russia and has been under persistent shelling since the Kremlin ordered its invasion of Ukraine in 2022 Russian forces launched a renewed ground offensive there early last month southeast of the Kharkiv region's capital city Another man and a woman were wounded," Synegubov said on social media Washington last week gave Ukraine limited permission to use U.S.-supplied weapons to strike some military targets on Russian territory as part of Kyiv's efforts to fend off attacks on the Kharkiv region Russia's Prosecutor General's Office has designated The Moscow Times as an "undesirable" organization criminalizing our work and putting our staff at risk of prosecution This follows our earlier unjust labeling as a "foreign agent." These actions are direct attempts to silence independent journalism in Russia The authorities claim our work "discredits the decisions of the Russian leadership." We see things differently: we strive to provide accurate We, the journalists of The Moscow Times, refuse to be silenced. But to continue our work, we need your help please support us monthly starting from just $2 and every contribution makes a significant impact independent journalism in the face of repression