Anton Avizhas is a camera operator for RFE/RL's Ukrainian Service.
Russian air strikes on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv injured at least 21 people late on September 21. The day after, RFE/RL filmed workers clearing rubble and destroyed cars outside a damaged 16-story residential block. Residents needed plywood sheets to cover smashed windows.
At least two people were killed and dozens wounded as a Russian aerial guided bomb hit a residential building, authorities in Kharkiv announced on June 22. Serious structural damage forced rescuers to demolish part of the building.
Rescuers searched the charred wreckage of a Kharkiv shopping center for bodies as officials said the death toll from a Russian missile attack had climbed to at least 14.
Kharkiv regional prosecutor Oleksandr Filchakov has told RFE/RL that Russia hit a store in Kharkiv with aerial guided bombs on May 25 when more than 200 people were inside. On May 26, excavators cleared the rubble from the devastated hypermarket. The attack claimed at least 14 lives.
A Russian shell hit a shopping area in Kharkiv on May 25, authorities in Ukraine's second-biggest city said. RFE/RL filmed first responders rushing to the scene as thick smoke was rising from a hypermarket for construction and housing items. People were running away, one visibly injured.
