‘Everywhere is dangerous’: Russia’s attacks on Kharkiv’s homes, shops and resorts
www.theguardian.com
Thu, 13 Jun 2024 14:35:05 +0300
Since Kremlin staged fresh incursion on 10 May, strikes have increased threefold, destroying buildings and killing dozensThe apartment at 24 Liubovi Maloi avenue was an eerie ruin.
Its roof and outer walls had disappeared.
In one corner a row of suits hung in a wardrobe.
There was a TV, a coffee cup, and a maroon jacket on a peg.
And a black and white photo album with old family snaps, taken in communist times.
The flats inhabitants, however Svitlana Vlasenko and her grownup daughter Polina were not coming back.The Russian missile that fell on their building on a Friday night killed them and six of their neighbours.
Twentysix people were injured, two of them children.
The street in Ukraines second city, Kharkiv, was not near any military objects.
It was a quiet place, of flowerbeds, communal benches and a sandy childrens play area.
Residents walked their dogs in a resinscented pine forest also hit in the strike on 31 May by five S300 rockets.
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