Russian troops entered Ukraine's key city of Kharkiv overnight and bombed at least one residential building amid reports of fierce fighting.
Russian troops blew up a nine-story residential block overnight, killing one elderly woman,The building was severely damaged but rescuers said around 60 residents were spared injury after they had taken refuge in the basement, the BBC said.
Russian forces also blew up a major gas pipeline in the city, which the Ukrainian government said could result in an"environmental catastrophe,"reported. Residents were urged to cover their windows with damp cloth or gauze, per AP. A group of scientists from the Nationwide Academy of Sciences of Ukraine sheltering in a Kharkiv on Saturday night, said that the situation on the ground is looking dire.that a kindergarten and a hospital had been bombed and children killed."There are many saboteurs who paint fluorescent labels for missiles on residential buildings. They are on the roofs of houses, on the gas pipes of ordinary high-rise buildings.
He referred to the invasion as a"special operation to provide assistance to the people's republics of the Donbas," per the Guardian.
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