Three dead in new shelling of Kharkiv: governor

At least 3 people were killed and 21 had been injured in new Russian shelling on Ukraine’s 2nd town of Kharkiv Tuesday, the nearby government stated.

The statement got here an afternoon after strikes at the city, which lies near the Russian border, killed five people.

“At the current time in Kharkiv, three people have unfortunately died,” regional governor Oleg Sinegubov said on Telegram.

He also told Ukraine’s Hromadske television that 21 people were injured in the strikes Tuesday in four different residential areas.

“The intensity of the shelling of Kharkiv has increased,” Sinegubov said, asking residents to take shelter and not go outside.

Five people were killed and 15 others were injured in Russian strikes on Kharkiv on Monday, according to authorities.

Kharkiv, Ukraine’s 2d city that had almost 1.5  million population earlier than Russia invaded in overdue February, saw heavy combating at the beginning of Moscow’s offensive however usually remained under Ukrainian manipulation.

Ukraine fears the town will be the main goal in a brand new Russian offensive, which President Volodymyr Zelensky stated had started Monday.