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Russian forces have isolated occupied settlements in northeastern Ukraine in the Kharkiv region.
“There is an absolute ban on the delivery of humanitarian trucks from controlled territory of Ukraine,” the ministry warned in a Facebook post. “Locals have been warned that volunteers trying to deliver aid have been shot dead.”
A man tries to put out a fire after a Russian bombing of a residential neighborhood in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Wednesday. (AP / Felipe Dana)
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The ministry said the isolated settlements are in the Veliki Burluk area, an area just 20 miles from the Russian border.
Russia is using the Kharkiv region while stepping up its offensive in eastern Ukraine.
It is also reported that all evacuation routes are blocked from the area with authorized departures “exclusively on the territory of the Russian Federation.”
The Ministry of Defense said that mobile phones do not work and many of them are without electricity. Access to ATMs, medical services and basic necessities were also inaccessible, and the ministry noted that consumer goods were “sold at significantly overpriced prices”.
Kharkiv is about 30 miles from the Russian border and is located along a major road on which the invading forces rely as they head south to the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk.
U.S. defense officials have warned that Russia is seeking to push the Luhansk and Donetsk regions – commonly called Donbass – by pushing forces down north through Kharkiv and up through the southeastern port city of Mariupol.
Respondents are seen at the scene after the destruction of a building by a Russian missile attack in the center of Kharkov (Photo by Wolfgang Schwan / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)
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Russia continues to aggressively attack the strategically important port city and claimed victory on Thursday, despite claims by Ukraine that it has not yet taken over the city, as thousands remain hidden in tunnels under the steel plant.
Ukraine is still trying to evacuate civilians stranded in areas around the southern city of Kherson – about 260 miles southwest of Mariupol and 80 miles north of Russia’s annexed Crimean peninsula – where guerrilla warfare continues to rage.
Russian military vehicles are moving on a highway in an area controlled by Russian-backed separatist forces near Mariupol, Ukraine, on Monday. (AP / Alexey Alexandrov)
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Reports surfaced Thursday alleging that Russia raised its flags over the World War II Kherson Eternal Flame Memorial after occupying it for about eight weeks, but Ukrainian forces reportedly recaptured villages. near the city.
Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said Ukrainian authorities were working to provide evacuation routes from three villages northeast of the city.
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