the edge of the city and its been like that for many days with the air raid sirens going off continuously and we hear the explosions still on the outer edges of the city and also those reports of the armoured column poised on the edge of the city less than 20 miles away and we heard yesterday that the convoy has stopped moving and it s not clear exactly why, but it is still managed menace to the city and there is fighting on all the main roads into the capital and wejust fighting on all the main roads into the capital and we just heard from the capital and we just heard from the mayor of the city, the former champion boxer vitali klitschko who are urged residents to stay inside and i can tell you re looking at the buildings around me there is not a light or person to be seen, such an eerie stillness to the city but vitaly klitschko said either stay indoors but if you re defending the city, the enemy is coming ever closer. let s take a look at the latest development is this our with
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launch systems that were firing on the residential areas and this firing is carried out constantly, and i was also told that they have launched a vacuum bomb in a certain area of kharkiv, and you know, since the second world war there has been no such destruction in kharkiv and i can tell you when i have moved to the city and our emergency services were under fire as they tried to save people from the destroyed houses and this is disastrous for the nation and in kharkiv. if buildings are being bombed from above, how safe are people if they are sheltering underground?
just tell us what has happened to you today and what you have seen? thanks things were very calm in the last couple of days. we knew there was war around the city and we could hear sounds, but today i woke up could hear sounds, but today i woke up with a loud mechanical sound and i thought something is not ok and i opened up my window and i see tanks, ten metres from the balcony with a bunch of russian soldiers and they were more like warning signs, shooting in the air and civilians are just shooting in the air and civilians arejust running and it is one of the most terrifying things i have seenin the most terrifying things i have seen in my life, actually. lslate the most terrifying things i have seen in my life, actually. we are seeinr seen in my life, actually. we are seeing the seen in my life, actually. we are seeing the footage seen in my life, actually. we are seeing the footage that - seen in my life, actually. we are seeing the footage that you - seeing the footage that
this is bbc news. welcome if you re watching here in the uk or around the globe. our top stories. russia s assault of ukraine intensifies. mariupol and kharkiv are under sustained bombardment. reports say over 2,000 people have died since the invasion began. this city will hold and today, kharkiv is unified as never before. in southern ukraine, moscow claims to have seized control of the port city of kherson. the mayor says the city is surrounded but is still under his control.