Photos: Ukrainians Fight to Defend Kharkiv From Russian Attacks

Ukraine’s second-largest city and nearby villages have come under intensifying attacks from Russia’s invading forces.

Photos: Ukrainians Fight to Defend Kharkiv From Russian Attacks

Several weeks ago, Russian forces began intensifying artillery bombardment and ground advances in border villages across Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, and launching deadly missile attacks into the center of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city. Thousands of civilians have already fled the area in an ongoing evacuation. While firefighters in residential areas battle the blazes caused by Russian missiles, Ukrainian troops are responding to Russian advances along the front line with artillery and squads of small drones.

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