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Four people killed and more than 60 injured in two rounds of Russian attacks on Kharkiv, Ukrainian officials say

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Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Vladimir Putin’s forces of “pure terrorism” after Russia launched two rounds of devastating attacks on Kharkiv’s civilians on Saturday.

An initial series of overnight missile and drone strikes – described by Kharkiv’s mayor Ihor Terekhov as the “most powerful attack” of the war so far – killed at least three people and injured 21 others, with a six-week-old baby and a 14-year-old girl among the wounded.