Rocket attacks on civilians in Kharkiv take the war into a new phase

hours after the invaders were sent packing from Kharkiv, they resumed their assault. And anyone who thought Vladimir Putin’s lyrical ramblings about Ukrainians and Russians being one people meant that his men would not kill Ukrainian civilians was sadly disabused. Early in the morning of February 28th Grad missiles rained down on Ukraine’s second city, killing at least nine civilians and injuring dozens, according to Kharkiv’s mayor. Still, if Mr Putin’s aim was to cause panic and demoralise his enemy as cease-fire talks began across the border in Belarus, he failed. Among the men deploying to defend Kyiv, morale is sky-high. Russia’s immense armed forces have yet to win control of a single major urban area. Ukrainians have ferociously.