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Drone attack kills 4 in Kharkiv as Russia escalates bombardment of civilian areas

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Important Takeaways:

  • A drone attack kills 4 people in Ukraine’s second-largest city as Russia builds its war strength
  • Shahed drones smashed into two apartment buildings in Kharkiv, near the Russian border, which has frequently been targeted during more than two years of war. Other drones targeted the power grid.
  • The Kremlin’s forces in recent months have stepped up their aerial barrages of Ukraine, hitting urban areas.
  • Moscow’s troops have recently been probing for Ukrainian weaknesses on the front line ahead of an expected large-scale Russian offensive in the summer.
  • Ukrainian officials have previously accused Russia of targeting rescue workers by hitting residential buildings with two consecutive missiles — the first one to draw crews to the scene and the second one to wound or kill them.
  • Some 700,000 people in Kharkiv lost power last week after a massive missile attack hit the city’s thermal power plant.

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Kharkiv Ukraine Under Attack as Explosions Tear Through Residential Areas

Matthew 24:6 “And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not alarmed, for this must take place, but the end is not yet.”

Important Takeaways:

  • Russia pummels Ukraine’s No. 2 city as convoy nears Kyiv
  • At the same time, a 40-mile convoy of hundreds of Russian tanks and other vehicles advanced on the capital, Kyiv, in what the West feared was a bid to topple Ukraine’s government and install a Kremlin-friendly regime. And Russian President Vladimir Putin’s forces pressed their attack on other towns and cities across the country, including the strategic ports of Odesa and Mariupol in the south.
  • In Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-biggest city, with a population of about 1.5 million, at least six people were killed when the region’s Soviet-era administrative building was hit. Explosions tore through residential areas, and a maternity ward was moved to an underground shelter.

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