Ukraine invasion: Kharkiv residents describe intense battle to defend city
By George Bowden in London & Viktoriia Zhuhan in Poland
BBC News
Published32 minutes ago
Ukrainian forces say they have repelled an attack on the country's second city Kharkiv after fierce clashes with Russian forces.
Regional governor Oleh Synehubov said the city was now rid of Russian troops - after street-to-street fighting.
Thousands spent the night in basements and shelters, with intense shelling described by one resident as "something like Star Wars above your head".
"The wave of the blast was so strong that my ears popped," another said.
Just before an explosion in the Saltivka district, one woman said her neighbour was instructing their young children on what to do in the event of a blast.
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