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Firefighters put out a fire following a Russian drone strike in Ukraine's Kharkiv, which hit civilian infrastructure, including a building of the Kharkiv College of Transport Technology. There was no immediate report of casualties. IMAGES
A missile strike by Russia overnight hit the city centre of Kharkiv, Ukraine´s second largest city, damaging several buildings and water pipes and leaving a large crater in the road. "There is a school here, offices and residential buildings, but there cannot be military objects here because this is the central part of Kharkiv," says Kharkiv mayor Igor Terekhov. No victims were reported in the aftermath of the strike. IMAGES
On her unannounced visit to Ukraine's second city, Kharkiv, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock walks around strike cites in the city centre, accompanied by the city mayor, the regional governor, and her Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba. IMAGES
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock arrives by train with her Ukrainian counterpart, Dmytro Kuleba and meets Kharkiv Mayor Igor Terekhov on an official visit to the northeastern city. IMAGES
Ces volontaires biélorusses combattant avec les troupes ukrainiennes. Le groupe affirme compter 2 000 personnes, dont 300 sont de véritables soldats combattant aux côtés de l'armée ukrainienne. 15 d'entre eux ont déjà perdu la vie.
Images released by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine show firefighters at the scene following a Russian strike on a warehouse in Kharkiv. In the past 10 days Russia carried out around "190 mass strikes with missiles, kamikaze drones and artillery in 16 Ukrainian regions and in the city of Kyiv," a spokesperson for Ukraine's emergency services, Oleksandr Khorunzhyi, said during a briefing. IMAGES