At least 21 dead in Kharkiv shelling

(BBC) At least 21 people were killed and 112 wounded in the shelling of Ukraine’s second most populous city Kharkiv, the city’s mayor has said.

However, the governor of Kharkiv Regional State Administration said all Russian attacks “were repulsed” and positions held, despite heavy bombardment of Kharkiv on Tuesday and overnight.

Governor Oleh Synegubov said “the Russian enemy suffered significant losses”.

It is understood Russian troops entered the northeastern and northern sectors of the city as Kharkiv was pummelled overhead by jet artillery.

Meanwhile the UNIAN news agency is reporting that a rocket attack in Kharkiv has struck the building of the regional police department in the city.

A video posted on the Telegram channel of a Ukrainian government adviser appears to show a building engulfed in flames.

Anton Geraschenko, an adviser to Ukraine’s Interior Minister, says a building belonging to Karazin National University across the street is also alight following the attack.

The BBC has not yet been able to independently verify the video.

And Russia’s defence ministry says its troops have now captured the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson.

If the city has fallen, it would make it the largest in Ukraine to be captured by Russian forces so far.

Overnight we reported that Russian troops had been seen on the city’s streets and that its mayor said Kherson’s train station and port had been captured.

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