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Russian paratroopers land in Kharkiv overnight
2 March 2022 07:40 GMT
Russian paratroopers have landed in Ukraine's second city Kharkiv on Wednesday amid heavy fighting.
Ukrainian officials say a hospital has been attacked and the barracks of a flight school is on fire after an air strike.
"There are practically no areas left in Kharkiv where an artillery shell has not yet hit," says Interior Minister official Anton Gerashchenko.
Meanwhile, Russia's defence ministry said on Wednesday that armed forces have captured the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, RIA news agency reported.