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"Kharkiv is at risk of becoming “a second Aleppo” unless US politicians vote
for fresh military aid to help Ukraine obtain the air defences needed to
prevent long-range Russian attacks, the city’s mayor has warned.
Ihor Terekhov said Russia had switched tactics to try to destroy the city’s
power supply and terrorise its 1.3 million residents by firing into residential
areas, with people experiencing unscheduled power cuts for hours at a time.
The mayor of Ukraine’s second city said the $60bn (£48bn) US military aid
package, currently stalled in Congress, was of “critical importance for us” and
urged the west to refocus on the two-year-old war.
“We need that support to prevent Kharkiv being a second Aleppo,” Terekhov said,
referring to the Syrian city heavily bombed by Russian and Syrian government
forces at the height of Syria’s civil war a decade ago."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
