Photo taken on May 6, 2022 shows residential buildings in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Photo by Diego Herrera/Xinhua)
BEIJING, May 24 (Xinhua) -- The following are the latest developments in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine:
The situation in Ukraine's eastern Kharkiv region is tense, following the regrouping of Russian forces, the government-run Ukrinform news agency reported Monday, citing Fedir Venislavsky, member of Ukraine's parliament committee on national security, defense and intelligence.
"The enemy, after ten days, almost two weeks, of regrouping forces and means, brought reserves from the Belgorod region," said Venislavsky.
Russian forces have also renewed their offensive on the town of Sloviansk in Donetsk, he said.
Photo taken on May 22, 2022 shows a view of the destroyed facilities at the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol. (Photo by Victor/Xinhua)
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Russia has deployed 25 battalion tactical groups, or some 12,500 troops, to Lugansk, Sergey Gaidai, head of the Luhansk Regional State Administration, said Monday on Facebook.
"The situation in the region is extremely complicated. The whole territory is under fire," he said.
Evacuation from the region is complicated, but hospitals are functioning, Gaidai said, urging people to stay in shelters.
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At least 14 Russian paratroopers were killed in clashes with the Ukrainian military, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said Monday on Facebook.
Ukrainian soldiers of the 80th separate airborne assault brigade based in Lviv have also destroyed two combat vehicles of the Pskov-based 76th airborne assault division of the Russian Armed Forces, it said, without specifying the losses on the Ukrainian side or the location of the battle. ■
