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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jem Bartholomew

First Thing: Kharkiv could become ‘second Aleppo’ without US aid to Ukraine, mayor says

The site of a recent Russian bombing at an unused shopping mall in Kharkiv.
The site of a recent Russian bombing at an unused shopping mall in Kharkiv. Photograph: Julia Kochetova/The Guardian

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The mayor of Kharkiv has said the city is at risk of becoming “a second Aleppo”, unless US politicians vote for fresh military aid to help Ukraine obtain the air defences needed to prevent long-range Russian attacks.

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