Ukraine said Russian shelling targeted civilians in two cities in the northeastern region of Kharkiv on Saturday while President Volodymyr Zelenskiy reported successes by troops fighting a renewed Russian assault there.
KHARKIV, Ukraine - Ukrainian prosecutors said they were investigating as a potential war crime a Russia n air strike on a residential area of the regional capital Kharkiv in which six civilians were wounded, including a 13-year-old girl, 16-year-old male and an eight-year-old.Moscow denies deliberately targeting civilians but thousands have been killed and injured since its February 2022 invasion of Ukraine .
"The occupier is losing its infantry and equipment, a tangible loss, even though, just as in 2022, it was counting on a quick advance on our land," Zelenskiy said, referring to Russia's initial invasion of Ukraine in February of that year.However, Russia's defense ministry said its forces captured the village of Starytsia in the Kharkiv region on Saturday, eight days after a new Russian push in the area began.
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