At least seven killed in Russian strike on Kharkiv as Zelensky pleads for more weapons
by Tom Watling
May 23, 2024
2 minutes
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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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