This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service.

I'm Nick Miles and at 13 hours GMT on Friday the 10th of May,

these are our main stories.

Evacuations begin near Haakiv as Russian forces are reported to be making advances into

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In recent months there have been few military advances on the ground in Ukraine.

Both sides are very well dug in along hundreds of kilometers of front lines.

So when there is an advance elsewhere, no matter how seemingly small it is likely to be significant.

Now, military sources in Ukraine say Russian forces have advanced a kilometer

in the Ukrainian territory near Kharkiv.

James Waterhouse is our correspondent in Kyiv.

He told me more about the development.

What the authorities there are saying is that it came under unprecedented shelling.

I mean, it's common for places to be struck so close to the border.

But at around 5 o'clock this morning,

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