Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second city, is the scene of heavy fighting. Russian airborne troops landed overnight, the army said on Wednesday. “Russian airborne troops landed in Kharkiv (…) and attacked a local hospital,” the Ukrainian armed forces announced in a statement on Telegram.
“A fight is underway between the invaders and the Ukrainians” in this city near the Russian border, according to the press release. According to Anton Gerashchenko, adviser to the Ukrainian Interior Minister, a fire broke out on Wednesday in the barracks of a flight school in Kharkiv following an airstrike.
At least 4 dead in a bombardment
“Practically there is no such area left in Kharkiv where an artillery shell has not yet hit,” he said, quoted in a statement on Telegram. At least four people were killed and nine others injured in Russian bombings that targeted the headquarters of the security services and a university in Kharkiv, Ukraine on Wednesday morning, Ukrainian relief said.
“Ten people have so far been able to get out of the rubble, the preliminary toll is 4 dead and nine injured”, continued this source, in a message on social networks when the second city of the country suffered an attack. of the Russian armed forces. 21 people had been killed the day before in bombardments, in particular that of the headquarters of the local administration.