Kharkiv is the symbol city of this war. 2 phases of fighting for this city are listed. From February 24 to May 14, 2022 the city's defence against direct Russian attacks continued, as well as the start of the displacement of the Russian occupier from Kharkiv. On September 6, 2022, a spectacular Ukrainian offensive of the Cherkov-Izjumsk offensive began, which threw out Russians all the way for Kupansk. By May 10, 2024 the front line was, so a reflection of erstwhile Ukrainian successes on the battlefield. Pushing the Russians distant did not mean that the Kharkivs had ceased to be threatened by Russian bombings. During this period, the city was gradually attacked and civilians suffered from it. [As a reporter, I reported in 2022 for Defence24.pl the situation in Kharkiv itself and under the city. ](https://defence24.pl/geopolitics/orki-sa-kilometer-stad-reportaz-defence24pl-spod-charkov)Chark successes on the battlefield, against the failure of Siewierodoniecka, Bachmut and Awdijiwki, became an crucial component in Kiev's narrative. If we add to this rally of Russian volunteer legions – the Free Legion of Russia and the Russian Volunteer Corps in Bielgorod, it turns out that while Ukrainians may have been successful on another sections of the front of the fight, under Kharkiv on the battlefield. The question of time was so that specified a political obsession as Vladimir Putin would again mark the Kharkivs. Moreover, the attacks on Belgorod exposed the weakness of the safety of the Russian border, and conducted during the electoral period, politically even ridiculed Putin. The second conflict was hanging over Kharkov from the beginning. Will it come to that?
