‘It’s the work of that war criminal Putin’: Kharkiv reels under Russian missiles
Kharkiv, only 25 miles from Russia, has been under constant attack since the start of the war in Ukraine. Now fragments of rockets from North Korea are being found among the debris
When the air raid siren sounded, Yurii Ivanovitch rang his wife, Halyna. She was at home, working on the balcony of their fourth-floor apartment in central Kharkiv. Get inside," he warned her. Seconds later he heard an explosion: a terrifying and demonic bang. Everything is falling. It hit me," Halyna said. I'm hurt. Blood is flowing."
A Russian missile had landed in their yard. It obliterated a cinema, blew out windows, and raked Yurii's garage with shrapnel. Debris struck Halyna on the back of the head. A door, blown from its frame, bowled her over. She staggered to her feet and crawled to the bedroom. Paramedics pulled her out, stepping over a sea of broken glass. They took her to hospital.
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