Ukraine-Russia war: As Western weapons trickle through to Kyiv, Putin seizes chance to deal with 'unfinished business' in Kharkiv

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Moscow's forces were repelled in their attempts to conquer the key city when Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine two years ago, but with Kyiv weakened by the shortage of weapons from its Western allies, Vladimir Putin is trying again.

Russia has reopened a major front in its war with Ukraine in a move that will stretch Kyiv's already undermanned and outgunned forces as they wait for Western weapons. The Russian military unleashed a ferocious barrage of artillery and airstrikes in the early hours of Friday morning as ground troops attempted the most significant incursion into northeastern Ukraine - territory that shares a long border with Russia - in two years.

But over the period of limbo, Ukraine's British and other European partners were unable to make up for the US shortfall because their respective militaries lack sufficiently deep stockpiles, while efforts to step up the production of new munitions are taking too long. This is despite the urgency of a crisis that threatens security for the whole of Europe, not just Ukraine.

 

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