Posted in

Ukraine invasion: Fighting breaks out in Ukraine’s second city Kharkiv

by Blazingcatfur••0•Posted in"Ukraine - Russia"

Ukrainian forces say they have repelled an attack on the country’s second city Kharkiv after fierce clashes with Russian forces.

Regional governor Oleh Sinegubov said the city was now rid of Russian troops – after street-to-street fighting overnight.

Residents described intense shelling, with one woman saying it was “something like Star Wars above your head”.

A nine-storey residential tower was hit, emergency services said.

The building was severely damaged and an elderly woman was killed, according to emergency services. Rescuers said about 60 people were spared injury as they had taken refuge in the basement.

Fighting on streets of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, as west bars Russian banks from Swift

The war in Ukraine intensified on Sunday, as Russian troops entered the country’s second-largest city, Kharkiv, and Vladimir Putin unleashed a wave of attacks on airfields and fuel facilities.

Kharkiv residents were urged to stay indoors by governor Oleg Sinegubov, who said “there has been a breakthrough in light equipment including in the central part of the city”. A nine-storey building was reportedly hit, with one woman killed.

Share