maria avdeeva. maria avdeeva told me what her last 72 hours has been like in kharkiv.y, and we can see reports coming in from different districts in town that one or other residential areas was hit by russian shelling and i myself live quite close to the city centre, and i saw on the street the results of these shells, one of the rockets the cluster munitions rocket was lying just on the pavement inside of it. so one of the historical building is very close to where i live was destroyed and on fire because of the shelling and yesterday they huge market in kharkiv went on fire, and there was smoke around and all over the city throughout the day. firefighters tried to fight the fire, but actually today in the morning i again can see the smoke because probably they didn't manage to completely stop it. so the situation is very intense. it looks like russia is now using these tactics terrorising civilians and threatening the population all the time. i have been to the metro station yesterday and saw people hiding there, for three weeks, and they are all living there in the

maria avdeeva is research director of the ukrainian think tank — the european expert association — shejoinsgain. talk us through how things are going in khaki. what is the latest?— is the latest? over the last two days — is the latest? over the last two days it _ is the latest? over the last two days it is _ is the latest? over the last two days it is not _ is the latest? over the last two days it is not as - is the latest? over the last two days it is not as hard, l is the latest? over the last i two days it is not as hard, the bombardment, i mean. the nights were more or less calm and we saw reports that the fights are, for now, happening on the out skirts of kharkiv so russia is trying to attack from the north and the eastern part and yesterday it was reported that they have three helicopters with 100 and 50 troops trying to land in that area and they were eliminated on the spot by ukrainian military. so the main fighting goes on there and in the city it is very much destroyed now and i have seen that many residential areas i just completely devastated and there are many people who have

since the russians started their attacks on ukraine, maria avdeeva has been documenting what is happeningcity kharkiv. the country's second largest city has faced continuous bombardment. let's have a listen. iam i am staying in kharkiv for more than three weeks now witnessing how this vibrant, young, beautiful city now becomes a ghost town with no people outside, with families hiding in the underground, with constant shelling bombardments of the residential areas. here you see that almost all the buildings are without the windows. it means that this family that used to live here are now fully kharkiv or hide somewhere because they have no place where they can stay. you hear that shelling right now when eyes speak to you. it doesn't stop, day and night. russia continues terrorising my city. lets speak to maria now, from kharkiv. thank you very much forjoining us today, maria. describe the last few days in your city? good morning, the last few days were very intent, because of the cons and shelling that doesn't stop, so it goes on throughout the day and we can see reports coming from differ

security analyst and kharkiv resident, maria avdeeva, joins me now from kharkiv.much for coming on. there was heavy shelling again on friday morning? yes, the shelling — again on friday morning? yes, the shelling started _ again on friday morning? yes, the shelling started early - again on friday morning? yes, the shelling started early in i the shelling started early in the shelling started early in the morning and we have replied and i myself had the huge explosion and immediately report came that the university building was destroyed and two nearby residential houses as well were destroyed. i decided to go out to the shop to get some food and the shelling started again and so i hid myself in an already destroyed building to hide from the shelling and then went back home. i was not able to go around the city at all because of the shelling throughout the morning. of the shelling throughout the mornin:. ~ , ., of the shelling throughout the mornin:. ~ ,, ., morning. when you went out, did ou see morning. when you went out, did you see anybody _ morning. when you w

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maria avdeeva, who is both a resident of kharkiv and research director of the ukrainian think tank — having _ there are still a root out. thank you for having me, _ there are still a root out. thank you for having me, i'm - there are still a root out. thank you for having me, i'm still i there are still a root out. thank you for having me, i'm still in l there are still a root out. thank. you for having me, i'm still in the city because this is my home. this is where i belong and this is what i in the eyes of the defenders whom i have met, the territorial defence unit and military units, they are defending their children, their homes and the russian morale is really low, they surrender, they down weapons when we them speaking and witnessing on camera, they say they didn't know why they bring the year to ukraine because they have no gold they don't want to fight people who speak the same language as them. and that is why putin used propaganda to brainwash not only russian population but the military as well. d0 russian population but the military as well. ,, , . russian population but

let's go live to kharkiv and speak to maria avdeeva.eads this disinformation about not bombarding and targeting civilians and residential areas, and ijust civilians and residential areas, and i just stand civilians and residential areas, and ijust stand in civilians and residential areas, and i just stand in front of one of the houses that was hit yesterday. it is very close to where i live actually, only walking distance from my home, and i heard yesterday during the day the heavy shelling is, and today they continue. this house was hit by probably what was cluster ammunition, the red rocket missile system. and i have seen the sight of them all over the place. also other buildings were destroyed. this residential area is pretty close to the city centre which is now completely destroyed. it means all those areas are without heating, electricity, water supply, and the people who live here, this is now minus temperatures outside and it is extremely cold. this spring is extremely cold. this spring is extremely cold. this spring is extremel

let's go from odesa to another part of ukraine, because maria avdeeva is a ukrainian journalist in kharkivn aircraft continues on a daily basis, and a star usually in the evening, when it is dark outside, and the bombardment goes through out the night. and every morning we have got new reports of new losses amongst civilians and new destroyed residential areas here in kharkiv. and just today i got the footage from a find of mine, living in one of these residential areas, who lives near the kindergarten, which was shut down, bombarded on the night by russian aircraft. and, you know, yet at the same time, the talks of russian officials saying that they will not target civilian infrastructure, but that looks like a cynical way of how russia behaves now. what are ukrainian _ russia behaves now. what are ukrainian soldiers _ russia behaves now. what are ukrainian soldiers saying - russia behaves now. what are ukrainian soldiers saying to i ukrainian soldiers saying to you? i ukrainian soldiers saying to ou? ., ukrainian soldiers saying to ou? . . . , you? i have had a possibility yesterday — yo