Russian forces launched an overnight attack on Kharkivits second largest city Of Ukrainewith two people lost their lives and two residential buildings completely destroyed.
“As a result of bombings in high-rise buildings in the area Nemyshlyansky “In Kharkov, many apartments in two residential buildings were destroyed,” Ukraine’s emergency services said in a statement this morning.
Rescuers fought to extinguish the fire, rescuing four people from the collapse of a building, but failed to save two others who were killed in the attack, according to international reports.
A school was also reportedly attacked around 3 in the morning with part of the building being destroyed.
Emergency services in the region announced today that at least 500 residents of the city of the same name have been killed since the Russian invasion began on February 24.
Meanwhile, Vadim Denishenko, an adviser to the Interior Ministry, said that about 20,000 civilians had so far managed to leave Mariupol in private vehicles.
Residents of Mariupol, a port city on the Sea of ​​Azov, remain trapped by Russian bombardment for two weeks without running water, electricity or heating.
At least 200,000 are in urgent need of evacuation, according to estimates by Ukrainian officials earlier this week.
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