Ukraine's military claims it has regained control of five villages close to the country's second city.
Intense fighting is continuing in the Kharkiv region of Ukraine as troops attempt to regain control of the area from the Russians.
The governor of Kharkiv region said on Saturday that Russian troops continue "to fire on civilians in Kharkiv region". There is concern that the Russian shelling could intensify in the run up to Victory Day on May 9, whenThe region has been heavily targeted by Russian forces since the invasion, but a report from the Institute of the Study of War says that Ukrainian troops are now "notably retaking territory along a broad arc around Kharkiv".
Hubanov Pavlo, a children's doctor in Kharkiv told the BBC that people are still hiding in shelters and are not going to work.
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