As Russia expands bombings of civilians and critical infrastructure in Ukraine’s second largest city, the humanitarian catastrophe is escalating, and the city risks falling into Russian hands amid an expected summer offensive.

Maria Avdeeva, a Kharkiv-based security analyst, writes for the Atlantic Council, “Many analysts believe Russia’s objective is to depopulate Kharkiv ahead of a summer offensive that will aim to seize the city and deliver a decisive blow to Ukrainian resistance.”

Read Avdeeva’s full analysis, “Ukraine’s second city is struggling to survive amid relentless Russian bombing”: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/ukraines-second-city-is-struggling-to-survive-amid-relentless-russian-bombing/