Rescuers inspect a residential building damaged during a Russian missile attack, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kharkiv, Ukraine May 14, 2024.
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy postponed all foreign travel as the battlefield situation continued to deteriorate on Wednesday, with Ukrainian officials saying Russian infantry had entered the northeastern border town of Vovchansk in Kharkiv region.
"The situation is extremely difficult. The enemy is taking positions on the streets of the town of Vovchansk," Oleksiy Kharkivsky, Vovchansk's patrol police chief, said on Facebook. The battles in Kharkiv coincided with a Ukraine visit from U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. At a news conference alongside Ukraine Foreign Affairs Minister Dmytro Kuleba, Blinken announced a $2 billion arms deal for Ukraine. The United States is focused on sending Patriot missile systems and other forms of critical air defence to Ukraine, Blinken said.
Police remained in Vovchansk and were continuing to evacuate people, Kharkivskiy said. Nearly 8,000 people have been evacuated from Vovchansk and border areas since Friday's assault. Kyiv says the Russian assault into the northeast does not present an imminent threat to the region's city of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest, which is home to 1.3 million people.In the city of Dnipro, a Russian air attack struck infrastructure and killed two civilians on Wednesday, regional governor said.
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