Russian forces continue rocket attacks on Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, and its surrounding countryside, killing at least 20 people in what Kyiv called a bid to force it to pull resources from the main battlefield to protect civilians from attack.
Russian forces have renewed their efforts to target the north-eastern city of Kharkiv, killing dozens in shelling attacksUkraine and Russia marked the "Day of Remembrance and Sorrow", the anniversary of the day Hitler's Germany attacked the Soviet Union
The Russian strikes on Kharkiv — throughout Tuesday and continuing into Wednesday morning — were the worst for weeks in the area where normal life had been returning since Ukraine pushed Russian forces back in a major counter-offensive last month. "She was 85 years old. A child of [World War II]. She survived one war, but didn't make it through this one," said her grandson, Mykyta.
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