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Funeral flowers at Kharkiv Cemetery on 16 July. Russia has hit the city hard in its invasion of Ukraine. Sadak Souici/Zuma Press/PA Images
Ukraine

Russian shelling kills at least two and wounds 19 in Kharkiv

The regional governer said four people are in serious condition.

THE LATEST BARRAGE of Russian shelling on Ukraine’s second city of Kharkiv has killed at least two people and wounded 19 others on today, according to the regional governor.

“Nineteen people have been injured, including one child,” Oleg Synegubov said on social media after the bombardment.

“Unfortunately, four people are in a serious condition. Two people died.”

Kharkiv, located in northeastern Ukraine, is Ukraine’s second-largest city and was the capital of Ukraine’s soviet state between 1919 and 1934.

Russia is targeting eastern Ukraine, particularly the Donbas region where it is fighting to take full control.

Three people were killed by strikes yesterday in Kharkiv, where some semblance of normal life had returned in recent weeks after Ukrainian forces pushed back Russian troops from the city limits.

“We are asking Kharkiv residents to be extremely careful. The enemy is firing chaotically and brutally at the city. Stay in shelters!” Synegubov wrote on social media.

Presidential adviser Mykhaylo Podolyak said there was also some damage on a mosque in Kharkiv, accusing Russia of “contempt” after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to Iran this week. 

© AFP 2022

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