Russian forces are regrouping and preparing for renewed assault in the Kharkiv Oblast, according to Ukraine’s Operational-Strategic Group of Forces “Khortytsia.” In an official statement from April 12,

The General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has stressed that the increased Russian activity in Sumy and Kharkiv oblasts is a statement of fact, not a cause for panic or sensationalism. Source: Major Dmytro Lykhovii,

Oleksandr Syrskyi, the commander-in-chief of Ukraine’s Armed Forces, said that President Volodymyr Zelensky was right to warn of a looming Russian offensive in the Sumy and Kharkiv regions.