Russia attacks Kupyansk district with MLRS fire, killing five, wounding nine

This was reported by the Kharkiv regional military administration.

"Around 10:00 a.m., four streets of this settlement were hit by enemy MLRS fire," the report states.

Later, the Kharkiv region police clarified that the Russians also attacked the village of Kivsharivka.

As a result, men aged 64, 65, and 58, as well as two women aged 56 and 72, were killed in the area. Five men and four women were wounded. They are being provided with medical aid.

According to preliminary data, the Russian forces hit the villages with a Uragan multiple rocket launcher system. 

• On the morning of May 19, several explosions were heard in Kharkiv. Russian forces attacked the Mala Danylivka community, resulting in at least eight civilian casualties.