Russians destroying Kharkiv: historic center, entire neighborhoods in ruins

Russians destroying Kharkiv: historic center, entire neighborhoods in ruins

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The historic center of Kharkiv city has been destroyed by Russian invaders’ shelling.

“The Russian occupiers continue to purposefully destroy Kharkiv. The enemy drops cluster bombs on civilians in the city and suburbs, opens artillery fire from Grad and Smerch systems, fires cruise missiles. The historic center of Kharkiv, entire residential districts, schools, hospitals, kindergartens, and infrastructure facilities are in ruins,” the Kharkiv Region Police Department posted on Facebook.

It is noted that investigators are carefully documenting every war crime committed by the aggressor country against the civilian population of Kharkiv region to bring the Russian military responsible for the genocide of the Ukrainian people.

In addition, there are many shops and residential houses damaged by shelling, which attract the attention of looters. The police constantly stop their criminal activities.

On February 24, Russian president Putin announced the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine. Russian troops shell and destroy key infrastructure facilities, missiles hit residential buildings.

Martial law was imposed in Ukraine and general mobilization was announced.

Ukraine officially filed a lawsuit against the Russian Federation at the UN International Court of Justice in The Hague.

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