Despite months of complaints from troops over shortages and fatigue, Kyiv has been slow to ramp up mobilization, leaving some areas of the front critically understaffed.
By Isabelle Khurshudyan, Serhii Korolchuk and Mary Ilyushina, The Washington PostMen dig and reinforce trenches on the northern outskirts of Kharkiv on May 15, 2024. Fighting north and east of Kharkiv has been described as"very difficult" but"under control" by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky.
“We were left at a certain point completely blind,” said a drone unit commander in the brigade. The Post agreed to identify him by his call sign, Artist, in keeping with Ukrainian military protocol. The new Russian advances, in Kharkiv and in the neighboring Donetsk region, have prompted questions about the viability of Ukraine’s defense - not only if Kyiv can fulfill its promise of expelling all invaders, but also if Russia will soon overpower Ukraine’s forces and seize more territory.
Seen from a destroyed building a man in military uniform walks in the village of Tsyrkuny to the north of Kharkiv on May 15, 2024. Especially with the U.S. aid lagging, Ukrainian soldiers said they lacked the means to fire back and give themselves the time to build stronger defenses. The Ukrainians were also prohibited by the White House from using U.S.-provided weapons to strike Russia despite the Russians firing at them from across the border.
Civilians, arriving at a processing and registration center for displaced people, receive assistance on May 15, 2024, in Kharkiv. Speaking from China during a state visit Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin himself said the operation was only to create buffer zone to protect Belgorod after repeated attacks on the city. “As for Kharkiv, there are no such plans as of today.”
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