Cruise missile hits Ukraine's Kharkiv city council building: Deputy regional governor

Firefighters work to contain a fire at the Economy Department building of Karazin Kharkiv National University, allegedly hit during recent shelling by Russia, in Kharkiv. Credit: AFP Photo

Russian forces fired a cruise missile into the city council building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Wednesday, the deputy governor of the region Roman Semenukha said.

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A key Russian target, Kharkiv has come under intense shelling over the past two days, with 21 people killed in the past day.

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