Everywhere they come is just razed to the ground, Mr. Kharkivskyi said of the advance of the Russian troops, who have returned to the region with a scorched-earth ferocity, setting in motion one of the largest displacements of people since the first months of the war.
Military analysts say Russia lacks the troops to capture the city but could advance to within artillery range, touching off a larger flow of refugees. Militarily, the incursion seems intended to stretch Ukraine's already thin and underequipped forces by diverting troops from the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine.
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