At least three dead in intense Russian bombing of Kharkiv
Ukraine's second city of Kharkiv came under Russian bombing again this afternoon – a Children's Railway building was hit – killing a young woman and injuring 40 other people, three of them critically.
It followed a night of sustained attacks by Russian missiles, guided bombs and drones – which the city's mayor described as the biggest assault since the start of the full scale war.
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