The threat of a possible Russian offensive operation against Kharkiv is causing Ukraine to allocate additional forces and equipment to defending the city, although the Russian military lacks the forces necessary to seize the city.
The Russian invasion army launched a strike at the town of Balaklia in eastern Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, targeting the area outside a railway station and leaving seven civilians injured.
On the evening of April 20, Russian troops hit the Zolochiv community in the Kharkiv region with an airstrike, injuring a man who was pulled out of the rubble.