The Kharkiv region straddles the approximately 1,000-kilometer front line where Ukrainian and Russian forces have been locked in battle for more than two years
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said a Russia n missile strike that smashed a television tower in Kharkiv was part of the Kremlin ’s ongoing effort to intimidate Ukraine ’s second-largest city, which in recent weeks has come under increasingly frequent attack.
Since late March, Russia has stepped up the pressure on Kharkiv, apparently aiming to exploit Ukraine’s shortage of air defence systems. It has pounded the local power grid and hit apartment blocks. Instead, the Russian military command “may attempt to destroy Kharkiv City with air, missile, and drone strikes and prompt a large-scale internal displacement of Ukrainian civilians,” it said.The U.S. Senate was returning to Washington on Tuesday to vote on $61 billion in war aid to Ukraine after months of delays. Zelensky said U.S. President Joe Biden assured him the aid would include long-range and artillery capabilities.
The shipment will also include British Storm Shadow long-range missiles, which have a range of about 150 miles and have proven effective at hitting Russian targets, the British government said. Ukraine’s army is also heavily outnumbered in the fight, and expanding the country’s mobilization has been a delicate issue.
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