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Ukraine: Why is the city of Kharkiv so important to Putin?

  • May 25, 2024



Ukraine: Why is the city of Kharkiv so important to Putin?

this is what’s left of V Chans a town on Ukraine’s northern border with Russia this is the kremlin’s new Northern front in the past month Moscow has massed an estimated 30,000 troops in this sector pushing through Ukrainian defenses to attack dozens of settlements in the harv region it’s also ramped up air strikes on harv itself Ukraine’s Second City and for Russia retaking that would be more than just a military Victory how can Russia prove that it is this wonderful you know separate culture this this civilization rather than a country if it can’t convince Russian speakers in harv you know not to rather die fighting than live under Russian rule it can’t and I think that’s why in particular what we’re seeing in harv is of monumental importance the whole war is important but particularly battles for hariv because harv is the symbol that Ukraine is very very much not Russia these areas in red are the territory Northern Ukraine the Russians are thought to have seized V Chans is just 50 mil from harv Vladimir Putin says he wants to create a buffer zone to protect Russian territory from artillery strikes there’s been criticism of Ukraine’s defenses fortifications supposed to stop the Russians in their tracks have been quickly overrun for Ukraine things are critical they need more weapons more ammunition and more men Dr mcclin has studied Russian propaganda techniques and written a book on how Vladimir Putin has molded and manipulated the Russian worldview if we talk about you know Putin as brainwashing Russians we’re never really going to understand instead what we can talk about is that he tapped into to certain needs um of the Russian population and then manipulated them towards his own ends but you know there was huge support for the annexation of Crimea basically no Elites left the gremlin after the annexation of Crimea I lived in Moscow then I remember the parties I remember that there was a lot more public support for intervention in dbas than there was among the elites bluntly this is not one man’s War I think it’s fair to say it’s Putin’s Invasion because that was a decision that was made with very few people but a war like this it doesn’t continue without the involvement particularly when you have so many dead and injured doesn’t continue without the involvement of the vast majority of society the Russian attacks around hariv are designed to stretch the ukrainians but they’re also continuing to attack in the East around chazar and the dbass starting Salvo of what’s expected to be a summer offensive so what if Russia wins this war what would be the effect on us here in Britain Energy prices will be likely to go up 41.5% that would particularly hit the poorest households they would end up spending 25% of their budget on energy and this would be because of Russia’s access to the resources um sort of within within Ukraine another issue would be food food price inflation it would become at least um 25% and up to 50% more there would of course be uh increased defense spending there would be increased there’s predicted that there would be around 20 million refugees who would leave Ukraine in the circumstance of some form of Russian Victory so that’s then going to cost at least a minimum of another 5 billion pounds for the homes for Ukraine scheme Dr mlin says ukrainians are becoming more cynical about Western support keev knows its own defense Industries will eventually have to provide much of the weaponry and ammunition it needs to keep Russia at Bay the consequences of it losing devastating for European security and felt far beyond Ukraine Simon Newton forces news at the London defense conference thanks for watching for more from forces news like And subscribe to our Channel

Ukraine is facing the largest Russian offensive since the start of the war two years ago.

One place that Moscow’s forces are threatening is Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second city.

So why is the city so important to Vladimir Putin, and what happens if Russian wins this war?

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47 comments

  5. I do not need convincing of the threat of Putin's genocides spreading if…
    Ss far ss O sm concerned…the full force of Europe, the West and etc. should have been brought to bear on Moscow before now.
    I may not have been around furing the two nazi wws; but, Ive watched enough documentaries

  12. i thought energy prices had gone up when “someone” had blown up nord stream. not to mention the decision to not to buy russian gas and oil directly from russia but buy the same oil from india lol

  15. Kharkiv is a Russian city that was given to the Ukrainian Soviet Republic by the Communists/ Bolsheviks/ majoritarian party. It has to come home.

  17. Russian Defence Ministry report on the progress of the special military operation (18–24 May 2024)

    From 18 May to 24 May 2024, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation carried out 49 group strikes by high-precision weapons and unmanned aerial vehicles, which hit the enemy military airfield infrastructure, missiles, ammunition and fuel storages, and the production facilities for uncrewed surface vehicles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

    In addition, temporary deployment areas of the AFU mampower, foreign mercenaries and nationalist formations, as well as enterprises of the military-industrial complex of Ukraine were hit.

    Over the past week, units of the Sever Group of Forces liberated Staritsa (Kharkov region) as a result of active actions and continued the advance to the depth of the enemy defence.

    Servicemen of the Sever Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of five brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and four territorial defence brigades.

    Twenty three counter-attacks of assault groups of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were repelled close to Glubokoye, Tikhoye, Liptsi, and Volchansk (Kharkov region).

    The enemy losses amounted to up to 1,840 troops, six tanks, eight armoured fighting vehicles, 40 motor vehicles, four Grad and Vampire MLRS combat vehicles, as well as 37 field artillery guns.

    The Zapad Group of Forces' units captured more advantageous lines, and also defeated units of four AFU mechanised brigades, two territorial defence brigades, and one national guard brigade.

    Over the past 24 hours, 15 counter-attacks were repelled by units of four AFU brigades and one national guard brigade close to Grigorovka (Donetsk People's Republic), Chervonaya Dibrova, Novovodyanoye, and Stelmakhovka (Lugansk People's Republic).

    The AFU losses amounted to up to 2,040 Ukrainian troops, two tanks, 18 armoured fighting vehicles, 19 motor vehicles, two Grad MLRS combat vehicles, and 32 field artillery guns, to include 14 Western-made.

    Over the past week, units of the Yug Group of Forces have liberated three settlements: Belogorovka, Kleshcheyevka, and Andreyevka (Donetsk People's Republic), and continued to advance to the depths of the enemy defence.

    Servicemen of the Yug Group of Forces inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of seven AFU brigades and four territorial defence brigades.

    The AFU losses amounted to up to 3,285 Ukrainian troops, seven tanks, 13 armoured fighting vehicles, 46 motor vehicles, 32 field artillery guns, to include 27 Western-made.

    In addition, ten AFU ammunition depots were destroyed.

    The Tsentr Group of Forces' units improved the situation along the front line and defeated units of nine AFU and Ukrainian National Guard's formations.

    Forty one counter-attacks launched by assault groups of eight AFU brigades were repelled close to Shumy, Netaylovo, Novokalinovo, Umanskoye, Ocheretino, Archangelskoye, and Solovyovo (Donetsk People's Republic).

    During the week, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have lost up to 2,770 Ukrainian troops, one tank, 26 motor vehicles, 35 field artillery guns, and 20 armoured fighting vehicles, including four German-made Marder infantry fighting vehicles, as well as five Bradley and three U.S.-made MaxxPro armoured personnel carriers in this direction.

    The Vostok Group of Forces' units improved the tactical situation and hit manpower and hardware of AFU motorised infantry and territorial defence brigades.

    Nine counter-attacks launched by assault groups of AFU mechanised, territorial defence, and national guard brigades were repelled near Vladimirovka, Staromayorskoye, and Urozhaynoye (Donetsk People's Republic).

    The AFU losses amounted to up to 920 Ukrainian troops, 13 armoured fighting vehicles, 39 motor vehicles, and 18 field artillery guns, to include ten Western-made.

    The units of the Dnepr Group of Forces have engaged manpower and hardware of two marine brigades, three AFU brigades, two territorial defence formations, as well as one national guard brigade.

    The AFU losses amounted to up to 350 Ukrainian troops, three tanks, two armoured fighting vehicles, 35 motor vehicles, two Grad MLRS launchers, as well as 24 field artillery guns, including seven U.S.-made M777 howitzers, and one UK-made FH-70 towed howitzer.

    Air defence units have shot down two MiG-29 aircraft of the Ukrainian Air Force, eight French-made SCALP-EG cruise missiles, 25 U.S.-made ATACMS and Tochka-U operational-tactical missiles, 18 French-made Hammer guided bombs, 13 U.S.-made HARM anti-radiation missiles, one Neptun anti-ship missile, 91 HIMARS, Vampire, and Olkha MLRS projectiles, as well as 356 unmanned aerial vehicles.

    Over the past week, 67 Ukrainian servicemen surrendered on the line of contact.

  34. I just want to say thank you Forces News, it is true that every time you post a video, the comments are knee-deep in Russia-aligned trolls, but if they're all here, they have less time to spend commenting on other videos where they might actually have a hope of influencing some people.

  36. KHARKOV belongs to RUSSIA! Same with Oddessa, Chasov and Dnepropetrovsk! Better give Russia all of its territories back before it takes Kiev itself!

  46. majority of Russians are as patriotic as any westerner, something which the west miscalculated and thought they would forever manipulate russia with sanctions and continue to have a free ride in Ukraine,for 3 decades the west has been antagonizing russia and even biden himself admitted that in 1997 and predicted a future war in Ukraine, right now he is a saint and holier than thou,hypocrisy at best,it's use and dump all over again

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