Russia is trying to force Ukrainians to abandon their second-biggest city
DARYNA KRASNOLUTSKA, JENNIFER JACOBS and ALBERTO NARDELLI Bloomberg News
Ukrainian and Western officials see Russia’s escalated bombardment of Ukraine’s No. 2 city as a way to force the evacuation of civilians, they said.
Kharkiv, a northeastern city less than an hour’s drive from the Russian border, has been hit with an escalating barrage of missiles, drones and heavy guided bombs over the…