Residents rocked by explosions in Ukraine’s Kharkiv: ‘I hope our family is spared from the war’

Several explosions have been reported in the city at dawn in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Local residents explain how the shots woke them up. When they looked outside, they saw smoke. Some residents decide to flee, others decide to stay in the hope that the war will not affect them. Sasha, a young Ukrainian woman, finds it hard to believe: “I suddenly realized that the shots were not fireworks, but explosions.”

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