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At least seven killed in Russian strike on Kharkiv as Zelensky pleads for more weapons

Source: REUTERS

At least seven people have been killed and two dozen injured after Russia launched a second massive airstrike on Ukraine’s Kharkiv region in as many days.

The attack came after a Russian glide bomb, a deadly explosive nicknamed the “building destroyer” by pro-Kremlin military bloggers, obliterated a cafe and injured 10 people in the middle of the day on Wednesday.

’s forces, a city home to some 1.3 million people, as on the wider area and stretch Ukrainian defences on the eastern front.

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