Vladimir Putin’s forces struck Kharkiv with guided aerial bombs after threatening escalation for Ukraine’s biggest assault on Russia of the war so far.
Kharkiv mayor Ihor Terekhov said over a dozen houses were damaged and people suffered injuries in the city’s Kholodnohirskyi district.Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov previously warned of “massive coordinated strikes on a regular basis” in response to Ukraine's attack on a Moscow oil refinery for the second time this week.