Ukraine shrugs off Kharkiv rumors: Russia “doesn’t have the resources”. The large city is located on the river of the same name, only around 40 kilometers from the border with the Russian Federation.
Since January, Moscow's armed forces have significantly increased their bombing of the city with its around 1.5 million inhabitants. At the end of March, Russian fighter jets dropped unguided free-fall bombs on the city - without attacking precise military targets. The Ukrainian defenders inflicted a devastating defeat on Putin's army here in the so-called "Battle of Kharksiv" between February and April 2022.