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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
World
Mansur Mirovalev

Fears of Russia’s renewed eastern offensive simmer in Kharkiv

A firefighter holds a hose next to a burning building, following a missile attack near the Kharkiv International Airport, as Russia's attack on Ukraine continues, April 12, 2022 [Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters]

Vinnytsia, Ukraine – After seven weeks of living next to the sounds of constant pummelling by cruise missiles, shells, mortars and bombs, Ihor Saldyha can tell each of them just by listening.

“If I hear a dull sound – and then it goes slower, slower, slower, I understand this is an outgoing [strike],” said the 38-year-old resident of Kharkiv, a besieged eastern Ukrainian city that lies only 40km (25 miles) west of the Russian border.

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