Russian assault to capture Ukraine's 2nd-largest city can't be ruled out, commander says

• The head of Ukraine's armed forces said a Russian offensive against Kharkiv could not be ruled out.
• Oleksandr Syrskyi said Ukraine was preparing to city defenses against such an assault.
• Kharkiv sits in the northeast of Ukraine and is the country's second-largest city.

The commander in chief of Ukraine's armed forces has said a Russian attack on Kharkiv could not be ruled out.

Oleksandr Syrskyi told Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform that his forces could not ignore reports that Russia was threatening to launch an assault on Kharkiv and that they were preparing for such an event.