The Russian attacks on nearly a dozen villages in the Kharkiv sector of northeast Ukraine threaten a major breakthrough at the opening of a rolling summer offensive. The situation is described by Ukrainians as “dynamic” and President Volodymyr Zelensky has swiftly replaced his Kharkiv commander.
The European and American western allies seem only partly aware of what Ukrainian defeat may bring — though Rishi Sunak and Emmanuel Macron have begun to sound the alarm. Victory around Kharkiv won’t bring peace. More likely, we face a very hot summer and a wider war.
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