Seven deaths and numerous injuries have been in Kharkiv following Russian strikes, with Ukrainian officials struggling to manage the aftermath as Moscow claimed progress in the conflict.
Kiev's forces are suffering manpower and ammunition shortages and struggling to hold off Russia n attacks. / Photo: AP
The barrage of more than a dozen strikes came as Moscow said on Thursday it captured Andriivka in the industrial Donetsk region, one of the few villages Ukraine wrested back in its lacklustre counteroffensive last summer. Regional authorities said a major Ukrainian printing press had also been damaged, and AFP journalists at the scene saw firefighters dousing piles of charred books.Kharkiv, which is the second-largest city in Ukraine and lies just dozens of kilometres from the border with Russia, has been under persistent shelling since Moscow's forces attacked in February 2022.
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