CENTRAL KHARKIV IN HUGE EXPLOSION
Freedom Square in central Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second city, has been hit by a Russian strike, causing a huge explosion.
A missile hit the regional government’s headquarters in the city near the Russian border.
President Zelensky of Ukraine receives a standing ovation in the European Parliament, telling them by video link: “Nobody will break us”.
UK PM Boris Johnson accuses Russia of “barbaric and indiscriminate” attacks.
Kharkiv, a city of 1.4m, is known as Ukraine’s tech capital and residential areas have been hit too.
Elsewhere, a huge convoy of Russian armoured vehicles is advancing on Ukraine’s capital Kyiv.
In the north-eastern city of Okhtyrka, up to 70 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in a Russian artillery strike.
BBC
The post CENTRAL KHARKIV IN HUGE EXPLOSION appeared first on .