Rescue workers stand in the rubble of a bombed administration building in Kharkiv, Ukraine, March 18, 2022 AFP
ROME, APRIL 17 (ANSA) A Russian bomb attack in central Kharkiv, Ukraine’s secondmost populous city, killed at least five people and injured more than ten, according to local authorities on Sunday (17).
According to the city’s health department, the attack happened in the afternoon when local residents noticed powerful explosions in residential areas.
The governor of Kharkiv region Oleg Synehubov said that since last Saturday (16) the city of the same name has been bombed 23 times.
Since abandoning capture of the capital Kyiv in late March, Moscow has stepped up its offensive in eastern Ukraine, including Kharkiv, which had a prewar population of 1.4 million and is just over 20 kilometers from the Russian border. . .
In addition, the Kharkiv region borders Donetsk and Lugansk, areas largely controlled by proRussian rebels and whose sovereignty is defended by the Kremlin. (ANSA).