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Ukraine says, Russia escalates attack on crowded cities; leader calls it blatant terror campaign

<span style="color: #222222;">Ukraine says Russia has escalated its attack on crowded cities. Ukrainian leaders called it a blatant terror campaign. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that nobody will forgive and forget after Yesterday's attack on the central square in Kharkiv, and the bombing of a TV tower in the capital.<br />''<br />''Ukrainian authorities said five people were killed in the attack on the TV tower near central Kyiv. A TV control room and power substation were hit. Russia previously told people living near transmission facilities used by Ukraine's intelligence agency to leave their homes.<br />''<br />''Zelenskyy's office also reported a missile attack yesterday on the site of the Babi Yar Holocaust memorial, which is adjacent to the TV tower.<br />''<br />''In Kharkiv, with a population of about 1.5 million, at least six people were killed when the region's administrative building on Freedom Square was hit with what was believed to be a missile. The Slovenian Foreign Ministry said its consulate in Kharkiv was destroyed.<br />''<br />''Ukraine's emergency services said Another Russian airstrike hit a residential area in the city of Zhytomyr, that killed at least two people, burnt three homes.<br />''<br />''Britain's Defense Ministry said it had seen an increase in Russian air and artillery strikes on populated urban areas over the past two days. It also said three cities – Kharkiv, Kherson, and Mariupol – were encircled by Russian forces.<br />''<br />''The U.N. human rights office said it has recorded 136 civilian deaths.</span><br />

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