Russia is set for a long war. In the worst-case scenario, the Kremlin could repeat the strategy it used against Syria’s Aleppo in 2016 in Kharkiv, according to the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksandr Lytvynenko. He reminded that in Aleppo, Russian aviation supporting the Syrian government in the civil war destroyed electricity and water supply systems, as well as bombed hospitals and schools. At that time, Aleppo’s population decreased to a third of its pre-war level before the Assad retook regained the city from opposition forces. Lytvynenko says that t…
