[LIVE] War in Ukraine: the Russian noose is loosening around Kharkiv, according to kyiv

A Russian T-90M Proryv battle tank destroyed by the Ukrainian armed forces near the village of Staryi Saltiv, in the Kharkiv region, May 9, 2022. REUTERS - STRINGER

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On the 77th day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Wednesday May 11, the Russian threat is moving away from Kharkiv, Ukraine's second city located in the east, pounded since the end of February, Ukrainian authorities said overnight. from Tuesday to Wednesday, when the conflict could spread towards the southwest according to Washington.

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The main points:

► Vladimir Putin does not intend to limit his desire for occupation to the Donbass region in Ukraine alone, but wants to take the conflict to Transnistria, a region of Moldova which seceded in 1990, declared this Tuesday the US intelligence chief Avril Haines.

 We believe that President Putin is preparing for a protracted conflict in Ukraine, during which he still intends to achieve goals beyond Donbass

 ,” she told a congressional hearing.

► The US Congress took a first step on Tuesday towards the release of a staggering new envelope of nearly 40 billion dollars for Ukraine, following Joe Biden in his unwavering support for kyiv.

This package must now be voted on in the Senate.

► In Mariupol, "

 more than a thousand

 " Ukrainian soldiers, including "hundreds of wounded" are still in the Azovstal steelworks besieged by Russian troops, Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk told AFP on Tuesday .

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