Kharkov is one of many possible directions for future attacks by trained detachments, the publication wrote.
Russia is training additional divisions in Siberia, which it could use, in particular, to try to capture Kharkov. The Economist wrote this on Sunday, April 7, citing a Ukrainian source familiar with the intelligence data.
“Russia is now training six divisions, about 120,000 troops, in Eastern Siberia. President Vladimir Zelensky said Russia will mobilize another 300,000 in June. Kharkov is one of several possible directions for the upcoming that attack,” the publication said.
It is indicated that Russian propaganda is actively discussing a possible attack on Kharkov, but as the authors of the material note, this may be just an information campaign by the Kremlin.
The newspaper recalls that the Russians suffered a spectacular failure in the first attempt to capture Kharkov in 2022, when the city was much worse defended.
“Such an operation would require storming the Ukrainian defenses and enveloping the city, establishing an air advantage and subsequent battles in the city itself – the Russians do not have enough potential for all this. The probability is high that they won’t succeed in any of them,” writes the Economist, citing Ukraine’s former Defense Minister Andrey Zagorodnyuk.
We remind you that this morning Russian troops shelled a residential area of Kharkov’s Shevchenkovsky district. Five civilians were injured. 13 high-rise buildings and private houses, educational institutions, cafes, hostels, hotels, and vehicles were damaged.
On April 6, the Russians fired S-300 missiles at Kharkov. Six people died and 11 were injured. Nine residential buildings, an administrative building, a kindergarten, a cafe, a gas station, and dormitories were damaged.
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