Holly Williams, CBS News’ senior foreign correspondent Holly Williams, said that the mayor of Kharkiv warned citizens to seek refuge as the city became the center of a fierce battle between Ukrainians trying defend it and Russian forces.
Russia claims that it isn’t targeting civilians. However, Ukrainian officials claim that a Russian missile struck an apartment building in Chuhuiv, just outside Kharkiv. It killed a teenager boy and injured 15 others.
Olena Kurilo said, “My house has been completely destroyed.” “I need a guardian angel in order to be still alive.”
A tired-looking Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelesky claimed Russia was aiming at civilians on Thursday night. He also said that he and his young family were the top targets. Officials claim that Zelensky is still in Ukraine, but won’t specify where.
According to Ukraine, 23 civilians were killed in the outskirts Kharkiv which is located just 20 miles from Russia’s border.
Russia is also suffering losses. One soldier was reportedly killed by Ukrainian forces at the Kharkiv border. Images online show this soldier. According to reports, other Russian troops were captured.
Williams and her team discovered that trains in Kharkiv’s underground subway system had stopped, and stations were crowded with people fleeing Russian airstrikes.
Marina Omelyanenko, like many Ukrainians, told CBS News that Vladimir Putin was holding her country hostage. He wanted to recreate the Soviet empire.
She stated, “We are an independent nation and we will remain an independent country.”
Many people in Mariupol, far southeast Ukraine, spent Thursday night in bomb shelters and basements.
One little girl said, “I woke awake because of the big boom.” “I understood that it was war.”