Russia is trying to break through to Kharkov and make it a front-line city, said Vadim Denisenko, adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.

Aleksey Arestovich, adviser to the head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, spoke about the same the day before, warning that in the near future the residents of the city would be shelled..

" Here you don't have to worry. Another thing is that they will continue to hit Kharkov for some time, - Arestovich said in his daily speech on the Feigin Youtube channel.. live"

According to him, 5-7 Russian battalion-tactical groups, as well as attack aircraft and helicopters, have been assembled in the Belgorod region on the border with Ukraine, which, if put into action, can cause great trouble to Kharkov, putting it at risk of massive field artillery strikes..

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Earlier, the American Institute for the Study of War reported that fighting continues north of Kharkiv to push Ukrainian troops away from the border with Russia, but the Russian military has not made significant progress there, which makes their positions vulnerable to a Ukrainian counteroffensive and "

Human rights organization Amnesty International released a report this week accusing Russia of using banned cluster bombs to shell residential areas in Kharkiv..