KYIV: At least five people were killed on Tuesday as Russian shelling hit the center of Ukraine’s second city of Kharkiv, the mayor said.
Igor Terekhov added that seven people were also wounded on his Telegram account.
The regional governor, Oleg Synegubov, gave a slightly lower death toll of four and said another four were injured.
“The Russian occupiers shelled the central districts of Kharkiv,” Synegubov said on Telegram, as he warned residents to “stay inside the shelters.”
Located in northeastern Ukraine just 50 kilometers (30 miles) from the Russian border, Kharkiv managed to repel efforts by Moscow’s forces to take the city, which had a population of some 1.4 million residents before the war.
It has been heavily bombarded throughout the conflict, with hundreds of people killed, officials say.
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At least five dead as Russian shelling hits central Kharkiv: mayor
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At least five dead as Russian shelling hits central Kharkiv: mayor
Ukrainian negotiators to meet US team on Thursday, Zelensky says
KYIV: Ukrainian negotiators will meet US officials on Wednesday to discuss the “prosperity package” and the country’s post-war reconstruction, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Wednesday.
Zelensky told reporters in a WhatsApp media chat that the teams would also discuss preparations for a trilateral meeting that would include Russia, adding that Kyiv hoped it would take place in early March.
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