Kharkiv is being massively bombed tonight.
This is because this city, which is just a few kilometers away has been resisting since the very first day of the Russian offensive.
This is because this city, which is just a few kilometers away has been resisting since the very first day of the Russian offensive.
#Russia's failure to capture it is also one of the key elements explaining the relatively limited advances in the east/center. I think Russia expected that the city would quickly fall, the Sumy-Kharkiv line being broken, which would lead advances towards Dnipro.
Russia had amassed a significant force opposite Kharkiv, but the city still holds, which is key to the broader Ukrainian ability to delay the Russian advances, and avoid being dealt a killing blow.
So Russia is resorting to mass-shelling.
So Russia is resorting to mass-shelling.
Over the past days, Russian forces have tried to creep past several of these cities, that refuse to surrender, to try and press their offensive.
This is a very risky strategy, as Ukrainian forces posted in the cities Russia is "bypassing" could raid their supply lines (and have)
This is a very risky strategy, as Ukrainian forces posted in the cities Russia is "bypassing" could raid their supply lines (and have)
Russia is trying to mitigate/pin Ukrainian forces in these cities by carrying out massive and indiscriminate bombardment with the use of MLRS and cluster ammunition (this is not a justification don't make me say something I am not).
One of those cities is Konotop, in the east. The Russians have sent it an ultimatum: Surrender or we will destroy the city with artillery strikes.
This ⬇️ is a video of the Mayor of Konotop informing residents, trying to see what to do next.
🚩Russian war crime in the making
This ⬇️ is a video of the Mayor of Konotop informing residents, trying to see what to do next.
🚩Russian war crime in the making
Video of the #Russian delegation that came to the town of Konotop to "negotiate" (i.e. threatened to level the city).
I don't think I need to translate the reaction of the residents.
I don't think I need to translate the reaction of the residents.
Oh shit I was wondering why they were talking about grenades !
https://twitter.com/Osinttechnical/status/1498955188811583492
Russian military jeep (Lynx) and Kamaz transport destroyed in Stary Krym, near Mariupol #Ukraine 
BTR-MD "Rakushka" armored personnel carrier (left) and 1B119 "Rheostat" artillery fire control vehicle (right) abandoned near Sumy #Ukraine
Geolocation of the incident in Konotop
https://twitter.com/Cen4infoRes/status/1498970252058767361
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