<p>At least three people were killed and 21 were injured in new Russian shelling on Ukraine's second city of Kharkiv Tuesday, local authorities said.</p>.<p>The announcement came a day after strikes on the city, which lies close to the Russian border, killed five people.</p>.<p>"At the current time in Kharkiv, three people have unfortunately died," regional governor Oleg Sinegubov said on Telegram.</p>.<p>He also told Ukraine's Hromadske television that 21 people were injured in the strikes Tuesday in four different residential areas.</p>.<p>"The intensity of the shelling of Kharkiv has increased," Sinegubov said, asking residents to take shelter and not go outside.</p>.<p>The governor of the eastern Donetsk region, Pavlo Kyrylenko, said later on Tuesday that three civilians were killed by Russian shelling: one in Kramatorsk, one in Avdiivka and the third in Blagodatnoye.</p>.<p>"Five civilians were also wounded, including a child," Kyrylenko said on Telegram.</p>.<p>Kharkiv, Ukraine's second city that had nearly 1.5 million inhabitants before Russia invaded in late February, saw heavy fighting at the start of Moscow's offensive but always remained under Ukrainian control.</p>.<p>Ukraine fears the city could be a major target in a new Russian offensive, which President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said had begun Monday.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>
<p>At least three people were killed and 21 were injured in new Russian shelling on Ukraine's second city of Kharkiv Tuesday, local authorities said.</p>.<p>The announcement came a day after strikes on the city, which lies close to the Russian border, killed five people.</p>.<p>"At the current time in Kharkiv, three people have unfortunately died," regional governor Oleg Sinegubov said on Telegram.</p>.<p>He also told Ukraine's Hromadske television that 21 people were injured in the strikes Tuesday in four different residential areas.</p>.<p>"The intensity of the shelling of Kharkiv has increased," Sinegubov said, asking residents to take shelter and not go outside.</p>.<p>The governor of the eastern Donetsk region, Pavlo Kyrylenko, said later on Tuesday that three civilians were killed by Russian shelling: one in Kramatorsk, one in Avdiivka and the third in Blagodatnoye.</p>.<p>"Five civilians were also wounded, including a child," Kyrylenko said on Telegram.</p>.<p>Kharkiv, Ukraine's second city that had nearly 1.5 million inhabitants before Russia invaded in late February, saw heavy fighting at the start of Moscow's offensive but always remained under Ukrainian control.</p>.<p>Ukraine fears the city could be a major target in a new Russian offensive, which President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said had begun Monday.</p>.<p><strong>Watch latest videos by DH here:</strong></p>