Kharkiv

Russia unleashed a massive missile barrage on cities across Ukraine early Thursday, targeting energy infrastructure facilities in the first attack on such a scale in three weeks. Ukrainian officials said residential buildings were hit but didn't immediately say if there were casualties.

Russian politician and member of the State Duma Aleksey Zhuravlyov calls for the murder of German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock in a broadcast on Russian state television.

Here are the highlights of events related to the war in Ukraine over the past 24 hours:

More evidence of torture was found in Izyum

Ukrainian authorities found a mass burial site near a recaptured northeastern city previously occupied by Russian forces, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced on Sept. 15 night.

The grave was discovered close to Izium in the Kharkiv region.

The Ministry announced this on the Twitter social network as part of the daily intelligence assessment of the situation.
This announcement comes after the advance of Ukrainian forces.

"Russian officials and media propagandists are currently debating the reasons for Russia's defeat in Kharkiv Oblast," the Institute for the Study of War wrote in its latest update.

Ukraine announced the recapture of more than 20 settlements in Kharkiv and Donetsk regions within 24 hours.

It comes a day after Russia confirmed it was withdrawing from the area, though it explained that its actions were related to the "implementation of the special military operation" (as Moscow calls the war in Ukraine, which today entered its 201st day).

Here are the highlights of events related to the war in Ukraine over the past 24 hours:

Zelensky does not plan negotiations with Putin

He wrote on the Telegram channel that Ukrainian forces have recovered more than 3.000 square kilometers of territory this month and are continuing their offensive.

Ukraine has announced fresh gains in its counter-offensive, including the recapture of the strategic city of Izyum in the country's east, where Kiev accused Russia of carrying out reprisal strikes against electricity infrastructure.