Kharkiv can become "second Aleppo" without the help of the US - Terekhov

The critical role of receiving Ukraine's air defense systems, which is necessary to prevent Russia's attacks, was told by the mayor of Kharkiv Igor Terekhov in an interview with The Guardian. According to him, Russia has changed tactics to try to destroy the city's power supply and intimidate 1. 3 million of its inhabitants shelling of residential quarters. The consequence of these blows is unplanned electricity shutdowns and people are forced to sit without light for several hours in a row.

The head of Kharkiv stated that the US military aid package worth $ 60 billion, which is currently blocked in Congress, is "critical to us". He urged the event to focus again on the two -year war. "We need this support to prevent Kharkiv to become the second Aleppo," Terekhov said. The Guardian reminds that Aleppo (City in Syria) was intense bombing by Russian and Syrian government forces in the midst of the Civil War in the country ten years ago.

These bombardments were devastating and led to the death of thousands of people, as well as the destruction of a large part of the city. The British edition notes that few Kharkiv people left the city after Russia has strengthened its bombing campaign in early 2024. Kharkiv remains a lively metropolis with lively restaurants and cafes, and some companies thrive despite the threat.

We will remind, on April 16, Newsweek wrote that it is difficult to say whether Kharkiv would be a priority for Moscow, since the occupiers would have to delay their own forces from Donbass. However, journalists do not exclude that the immediate closeness of the city's location from the Russian border, a "slow powerful attack" can lead to the fact that Russia will still be able to occupy Kharkiv for "months".