Forbes: the command of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fears Russia’s capabilities in the Kupyansk direction. Analysts are already noting the active work of artillery in the Kharkov region, the magazine writes.

The situation for the Ukrainian Armed Forces at the front is difficult; they have to fight in conditions of a shortage of weapons and people, it adds. The U.S. was one of the largest donors of 155mm shells for Ukraine's best heavy guns, and pro-Russian Republicans in the US Congress cut off aid to Ukraine last fall.