→ The Economist: Russian Attacks Aim to Make Kharkiv Uninhabitable

The recent escalation of Russian strikes against Kharkiv aims to turn the city into a “grey zone,” uninhabitable for civilians, The Economist wrote on April 7, citing undisclosed Ukrainian military sources.

Additional tweets from today are below…

THE HITS KEEP COMING AND THEY DON’T STOP COMING: PHOTOS FROM ‘DOUBLE TAP’ ATTACK ON APRIL 6THMISSILE ATTACKS CONTINUE THIS MORNING, 1 PERSON WOUNDED.SUNDAY STRIKES HIT CENTRAL PARK, INDUSTRIAL ZONES.

YERMAK: RUSSIAN COUNTEROFFENSIVE COULD START IN MAY OR JUNE, KHARKIV LIKELY TARGETMeanwhile, Shahed attacks in Kharkiv result in six dead overnight.

3 RESCUERS, 1 CIVILIAN DEAD AFTER ‘DOUBLE TAP’ DRONE STRIKE IN KHARKIV OVERNIGHT

ONE DEAD AND SIXTEEN INJURED IN TODAY’S BOMBING IN KHARKIV RESIDENTIAL AREA.

TERRORIST ATTACK UNDERWAY IN MOSCOW:

AT LEAST 15 EXPLOSIONS OVERNIGHT IN KHARKIV, BLACKOUTS REPORTEDUKRAINE AIR FORCE DOWNS 92 OF 151 AERIAL TARGETSZAPORIZHZHIA’S NUCLEAR PLANT ON THE BRINK OF BLACKOUT.

PHOTOS FROM YESTERDAY’S MISSILE ATTACK ON KHARKIV: Death toll is now at five, with five others missing, the search continues but things sound grim.

→ US Senator Graham in Kyiv: If you want aid to Ukraine, you had better start talking to American taxpayers

“I want the Russians not only to see the aid coming this spring, but we have come up with a model to make it more sustainable for the Ukrainian people,” the senator said.

“You are going through hell. I want to help you. We have problems at home, too. I am trying to make this a win-win. I am going to the Mideast to say the same thing,” he added.

Graham expressed full support for Ukraine on its path in attempts to join NATO and said that he wanted to provide Ukraine with as much weaponry as possible to achieve “a qualitative advantage on the battlefield.”

In related news: Zelensky says it is ‘Critically Important’ for US to approve aid soon.

RUSSIAN ELECTIONS DAY THREE: HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY!

Some of the voters have taken to dressing up the ballots…

Also right now, the ‘Noon against Putin’ protest, where everyone shows up at noon on Sunday to vote against Putin, both in Russia and abroad:

And, as if right on schedule, another oil refinery is hit, this time near Krasnodar: (the billboard reads ‘Stability’)