Russian military leave the vicinity of Kharkov. This was announced to the BBC by the mayor of the city Igor Terekhov..

According to Terekhov, the military was constantly shelling Kharkiv, as they were standing very close to the city, but now there has been no shelling for five days.

It is quiet in Kharkiv now, and people are gradually returning to the city. We supply all residents with water, gas and electricity. Unfortunately, however, many residential buildings have been destroyed or damaged.. So in the future we will have to do a huge reconstruction.

Terekhov also said that since the beginning of the war, Russian units had only managed to occupy a small part of the city once, and they did not stay there for long..