Still checking such reports.

That said, the Russians are 'only' about 25km outside Kharkiv: the city centre should be reachable by 203mm shells fired by 2S7 Pion …

Still checking such reports.

That said, the Russians are 'only' about 25km outside Kharkiv: the city centre should be reachable by 203mm shells fired by 2S7 Pion - from, for example, Alisivka.

As such, not that much of a big deal - except for those on the receiving end, of course. d

Foremost, the Russians are currently extremely keen to keep the Ukrainian Armed Forces on their toes along the mutual border, and the border to Belarus, so to prevent them from sending additional reinforcements to Donbass.