The mayor of Kharkiv said that the aid package for 60 billion dollars. is “crucial to us”.
If politicians in the US do not vote for new military aid for Ukraine, Kharkiv risks becoming a “second Aleppo”. Thanks to this assistance, the state can obtain the air defense necessary to prevent long-range Russian attacks.
Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov told the newspaper about this The Guardian.
The mayor of Kharkiv said that Russia has changed tactics, trying to destroy the city’s electricity supply and terrorize its 1.3 million residents by shelling residential areas. It is noted that people experienced unscheduled power outages for hours on end.
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Terekhov emphasized that the US aid package worth 60 billion dollars, which is currently stalled in Congress, is “crucial to us”. The mayor of Kharkiv called on the West to refocus on the war, which has been going on for more than two years.
“We need this support to prevent Kharkiv from becoming a second Aleppo,” Terekhov said.
Bombing of Aleppo
Note that the mayor of Kharkiv is referring to the Syrian city, which was heavily bombed by government and Russian forces at the height of the civil war 10 years ago. The Russian Federation supported the government of Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and began intensive bombing of the eastern districts of Aleppo, where opposition forces and civilians were hiding. As a result of the strikes, thousands of people died, and a large part of the city was destroyed. Thousands of Aleppo residents are still refugees, and the city is in need of extensive reconstruction.
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Destruction in Aleppo / Photo: Associated Press
It will be recalled that at the beginning of April, Terekhov announced that as a result of Russian attacks in Kharkiv, almost all critical infrastructure was destroyed.
In mid-April, Russian troops again struck the energy infrastructure of Kharkiv, after which the mayor reported a very difficult situation with electricity supply and the destruction of residential buildings.
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