In Kharkiv Oblast, at least five people were wounded in a series of artillery and FPV drone strikes on residential areas and civilian infrastructure in the villages of Velyki Prokhody and Derhachi, as well as in the city of Kupyansk,

Three-day ceasefire in Ukraine that was unilaterally declared by Russian President Vladimir Putin last month was set to come into effect at 5 p.m. ET on Wednesday (midnight Moscow time), as Russia prepares to mark the anniversary of its World War II Victory Day on Friday.