Plume of dark smoke marks site of Russian airstrike in Kharkiv 

(17 May 2024)
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Kharkiv - 17 May 2024
1. Wide of smoke after Russian airstrike on Kharkiv
2. Wide of people walking on the street as smoke billows overhead
3. Various of smoke plume near residential buildings
4. Wide of 82 year-old Tymofii Olefirenko walking near his garage, smoke in distance
5. SOUNDBITE: (Ukrainian) Tymofii Olefirenko, 82, Kharkiv resident:
"I laid on my bed and then I heard one boom, then second boom, then third boom and that's it."
6. Smoke behind rooftop
7. SOUNDBITE: (Ukrainian),Tymofii Olefirenko, 82, Kharkiv resident:
"I pray to the Lord God that he will kick out these moskals (Russians)."
8. Wide of Olefirenko walking near his garage
9. Teenagers walking
10. SOUNDBITE: (Ukrainian) Kateryna Talanyna, Kharkiv resident:
"It's very sad to watch all this, because I will remember my childhood with explosions, shelling, it's not cool. I want to cry. Ukrainians and Kharkiv residents are already used to this."
11. Wide of smoke
12. Cats sitting with smoke in background
STORYLINE:
Two people were killed after Russian airstrikes hit Kharkiv on Friday as Ukrainian troops fought to halt Russian advances in the region.
The airstrikes targeted Ukraine's second-largest city during the daytime, injuring 25 people and killing two, according to Kharkiv's mayor Ihor Terkhov.
On Thursday, the air alarm sounded for more than 16 hours, a record since the beginning of the military campaign by Russia.
Kharkiv is under airstrikes almost daily as intense battles continue in the region.
AP video by Vasilisa Stepanenko
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