President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned Sunday that Russia is preparing to intensify its offensive along Ukraine’s northern border, as the death toll rose to 14 in an aerial bomb attack on a large construction supplies store in the city of Kharkiv.
The bombing of Kharkiv on Saturday afternoon also left 43 injured and 16 missing, Kharkiv Governor Oleh Syniehubov said.
In a video statement from Kharkiv, Zelenskyy said that Russia is preparing offensive actions 90 km (55 miles) northwest of Ukraine’s second largest city. He said that Russians “gather another group of troops near our borderā.
He did not specify where the troops are being assembled, but Ukrainian officials have expressed strong concern about the Sumy region. Both Kharkiv city and Sumy with about 250,000 people are within about 25 km (15 miles) of the Russian border.