It comes more than a week after the launch of the Russian assault, which Ukraine’s president warned could be just the first wave of a larger offensive.
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Nearly ten thousand people were forced to leave their homes in the Kharkiv region, northeastern Ukraine, following a ground attack by Russian forces. “In total, 9,907 people were evacuated”, said Governor Oleg Synegubov. It comes more than a week after the launch of the Russian assault, which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned could be just the first wave of a larger offensive.
For Volodymyr Zelensky, Russia wants to attack the city of Kharkiv, the country’s second city, only a few dozen kilometers from the front. Moscow had already failed to take it in 2022 and Vladimir Putin said on Friday that it had no intention of attacking it. “for the moment”. The Russian offensive officially aims, according to Vladimir Putin, to respond to Ukrainian strikes in recent months on Russian territory and create a buffer zone supposed to prevent these strikes.
