At least 21 people killed in Kharkiv shelling, governor details

At least 21 people have been killed and 112 injured in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv in the last 24 hours due to shelling, regional governor Oleg Sinegubov reported on Wednesday.

According to Reuters, authorities stated that Russian missile strikes targeted the center of Ukraine's second-largest city, including residential areas and the regional administration building.

It is worth noting that on the morning of February 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the launch of a special military operation for the ‘demilitarization’ of Ukraine. In a televised address, he stated that the circumstances