Russian airstrikes have hit various infrastructures, including three schools and the Cathedral of Ukraine’s second largest city, Kharkiv, on the seventh day since Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the attack on the country.
As confirmed by CNN, at least three schools in Kharkov have been hit by Russian air strikes. One of the schools is in the northern neighborhood of Saltivka and the other two are just over a kilometer away, in the industrial district of the southeast of the city, as reported by the same medium.
In this sense, the newspaper ‘Kiev Independent’ has indicated that in the city of Kharkov the military attacks have affected at least three schools and the Cathedral of the Assumption. What’s more, several framed works of art and stained glass windows would have been broken by the explosions of an attack against a building near the City Hallwhich has also suffered significant damage from the Russian offensive.
As can be seen in the image, the facade of the building It has been severely damaged and the rubble after the attacks accumulates in the surroundings of the emblematic construction.
It’s just as damaged the Central Square located next to the Kharkov Town Hallin which a completely destroyed car could be seen after the attack.
It has also been severely damaged the building of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), located in that city. In fact, in the images you can see remains of rockets after the Russian attack.
Another of the buildings that has borne the brunt of the attacks is the from the Department of Economics of the Kazarin National University in Kharkivalso hit by bombing and where a fire has broken out that has destroyed much of the complex.
The governor of the Kharkov region, Oleh Sinegubov, assured on Sunday that Ukrainian forces “fully” controlled the city after information emerged about intense fighting in the area.
The mayor of the city of Kherson, Igor Kolijaiev, has confirmed that he has held talks with Russian troops at City Hallalthough he has denied that they are negotiations and has not recognized that the city is under Russian control.
“I made no promises to them. I cannot promise that I am only interested in the normal viability of our city. I simply asked not to shoot people. We have no Ukrainian armed forces in the city, only civilians and people who want to live here,” he said on his official Facebook profile.
Thus, he has detailed the conditions by the Russian authorities to “eliminate the consequences of the invasion”. In this sense, citizens will only be able to travel during the day by car to make essential purchases, such as food or medicine, and that a “strict” curfew will be extended between eight in the afternoon (local time) and six in the morning.
Source: Lasexta
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