The Russian aggressors hope to dislodge millions of people inside Ukraine this way, analysts say.
Russia has stepped up strikes and information operations against Kharkov residents to encourage them to flee and move millions of people inside Ukraine. This is discussed in material by analysts from the American Institute for the Study of War (ISW).
“Kremlin spokespeople are taking concerns about Russia’s upcoming offensive operation in the city of Kharkov to conduct a possible coordinated information operation to create… panic among Ukrainians. ISW assesses that the possibility of a successful that the Russian offensive against Kharkov will be very low if Ukraine can quickly restore US military aid,” the report said.
There have been discussions in Ukraine that the Russian Federation may try to conduct a ground operation against Kharkov this summer, American experts are convinced that the invaders will not have enough forces to capture the city until the military of Ukraine is sufficiently provided.
ISW recalled that Kremlin propagandist Vladimir Solovyov on March 28 expressed the need to destroy the Kharkov “blockade.” He expressed the idea of asking Ukrainian civilians to leave the city within 48 hours before they were killed during the Russian destruction of the city.
Later Russia’s neo-nationalist media Constantinople On April 16, a statement was issued that a Russian offensive operation to capture the city of Kharkov was allegedly “inevitable” and that the situation in Kharkov would be “worse than Bakhmut and Avdeevka.” Propagandists threatened the million-plus city with a blockade and shutting off electricity, water and gas.
Some military bloggers suggest that the Russian army may be deliberately targeting the city’s housing infrastructure.
As you know, on Monday, April 22, Russian aggressors launched an additional attack on Kharkov, where the television infrastructure was attacked. A video of the destruction of a TV tower in Kharkov appeared on social networks, showing how a high mast was broken in half, then the upper part collapsed.
After that, the prosecutor’s office said that, according to preliminary data, the Russians attacked Kharkov with an X-59 missile.
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