Ukraine warns of worsening Russian threat in the North
Senior Ukrainian military officials have warned that Russia is amassing troops near northeastern Ukraine, raising fears that a new offensive push could be imminent in a region that has become a pressure point on strained Ukrainian forces.Gen. Oleksandr Syrsky, Ukraine's commander-in-chief, said Thursday that Moscow was redeploying troops toward Vovchansk and Lyptsi, two villages near the city of Kharkiv that Russian forces have been trying to capture for more than two weeks. Other officials also said Russia had massed troops further north, opposite Ukraine's Sumy region, in preparation for a possible ground offensive there.“These forces are not enough to launch a full-scale offensive and break through our defenses,” General Syrsky wrote on Facebook on Thursday. However, he said, ...