KHARKIV was hit by a barrage of missiles after Vladimir Putin launched a hellish new attack on the Ukrainian city just days ago.
Residents were urged to take cover during the longest air raid warning since the start of the war, as Vlad’s army fired rockets at civilians.
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A journalist on the ground said he had “lost count of the number of explosions”.
He said at least a dozen or more attacked in just an hour on Thursday night.
The air raid warning lasted more than 16 and a half hours, making it the longest in Ukraine in more than two years.
Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said the Osnovyanskyi district was specifically hit, sparking a fire.
Osnovyanskyi stretches from the center of Kharkiv, where 1.5 million people live, to the south.
Moscow’s forces have advanced several kilometers into the north of the region in recent days – marking a change in tactics with the southern target.
Putin’s brutal armies attacked more than 30 villages and towns in the region after advancing last Friday.
Military experts told The Sun that the new movement in northern Ukraine was designed to distract Kiev’s forces so that Putin can seize Donbas.
Ukrainian President Zelensky was in Kharkiv just hours earlier, on Thursday, to try to boost morale.
Meanwhile, Chinese despot Xi Jinping stood shoulder to shoulder with Mad Vlad as the two dictators reinforced a long-standing anti-Western alliance.
Osnovyanskyi Governor Oleh Synehubov said at least five Russian drones specifically targeted his area – marking a southward shift in Russian targets.
More than 6,000 people were forced to flee their homes as a result of Russia’s new attack.
Kiev suspected some kind of attack would happen there after seeing almost 40,000 soldiers and 500 tanks massed at the border.
But even under Putin’s relentless attempts to crush Ukraine, Kiev’s forces remain strong.
On Sunday, just days after launching the Kharkiv plan, Putin lost 1,740 soldiers with countless tanks.
Russia is adhering to the battlefield attrition technique; sending hordes of troops to deplete Ukrainian soldiers and ammunition supplies.
Despite this, NATO’s top commander does not believe Vlad has sent enough troops to make any significant advances.
Gen. Christopher Cavoli said Thursday he doesn’t think they have the “numbers,” “skill” or “capacity” to exploit any kind of advantage there.
Ukraine’s allies are also mobilizing to get more supplies and ammunition into the hands of armies in need.
Cavoli confirmed that munitions, short-range air defense systems and “significant quantities” of armored vehicles are on the way.
The news comes after footage showed Ukraine attacking a row of five Russian tanks from above as they tried to advance towards Kharkiv.
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