Russia Pounds Major Ukrainian City After Expanding War Aims

Russia Pounds Major Ukrainian City After Expanding War Aims
Grain fields burn on the outskirts of Kurakhove, Donetsk Oblast, eastern Ukraine, on July 21, 2022. Nariman El-Mofty/AP Photo
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KHARKIV, Ukraine—Russian shelling pounded a densely populated area in Ukraine’s second-largest city Thursday, killing at least three people and injuring at least 23 others with a barrage that struck a mosque, a medical facility and a shopping area, according to officials and witnesses.

Police in the northeast city of Kharkiv said cluster bombs hit Barabashovo Market, where Associated Press journalists saw a woman crying over her dead husband’s body. Local officials said the shelling also struck a bus stop, a gym, and a residential building.