Russian soldiers and armoured vehicles seen in Kharkiv, while natural gas pipeline burns
The turret of a destroyed tank is seen on the roadside in Kharkiv, Ukraine February 26 2022. Picture: VYACHESLAV MADIYEVSKYY/REUTERS
“The Russian enemy’s light vehicles have broken into Kharkiv, including the city centre,” regional governor Oleh Sinegubov said. “Ukraine’s armed forces are destroying the enemy. We ask civilians not to go out.” More than 368,000 refugees, mainly women and children, have poured into neighbouring countries, clogging railways, roads and borders since Russian President Vladimir Putin unleashed what he called a special military operation on Thursday.
Russian-backed separatists in the eastern province of Luhansk said a Ukrainian missile has blown up an oil terminal in the town of Rovenky. The US and its allies have authorised more weapons transfers to help Ukraine fight, and imposed a range of sanctions on Russia in response to the assault, which threatens to upend Europe’s post-Cold War order.
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