Bhubaneswar: Russian forces trooped into Ukraine’s second-largest city – Kharkiv – on Sunday morning. Videos on social media show a number of Russian light military vehicles on the streets of the city.
The move has been confirmed by the local governor, the BBC reported.
Ministry of Internal Affairs advisor Anton Gerashchenko said that fights were underway in the city centre.
“Warning! Do not leave the shelters! The Armed Forces of Ukraine are eliminating the enemy. Civilians are asked not to go to the streets,” a post from an official government Telegram account read.
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Check the videos put up by Ukraine’s Ambassador to Austria, Olexander Scherba:
Published just now. Kharkiv. Russian fascists enter city. All of a sudden they stop and start shooting and shelling at a house nearby. They look like nazis from old Soviet movies – and act like them. pic.twitter.com/hKwdpTKe8f
— olexander scherba🇺🇦 (@olex_scherba) February 27, 2022
Another video of RU entering Kharkiv. They don’t look too confident, do they. Bastards. pic.twitter.com/F7Xl6moRsQ
— olexander scherba🇺🇦 (@olex_scherba) February 27, 2022
Another column of Putin’s mil machinery burns in Kharkiv! Glory to Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/VdGODN0OzB
— olexander scherba🇺🇦 (@olex_scherba) February 27, 2022
Hours earlier, Russian forces had blown up a gas pipeline in Kharkiv. Following this, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office cautioned people and asked them to protect themselves from the smoke by covering their windows with damp cloth or gauze.
The blast was so powerful that the government in Kharkiv had to clarify that “this is NOT a nuclear strike”, CNBC reported.
The footage shows a gas pipeline on fire in Kharkiv after a Russian attack.
Video: State Special Communications Service of Ukraine pic.twitter.com/owuSoKqoFA
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) February 27, 2022
On Saturday, Ukraine claimed that Kyiv had managed to repel Russian attacks overnight and that the army remained in control of the capital.
Notably, most of the students from Odisha are pursuing MBBS in the National Medical University of Kharkiv and Kyiv Medical University.
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