Russia continued its relentless terrorizing war against the Ukraine and its citizens, obliterating Freedom Square in the city of Kharkiv. The unprecedented civilian attacks show no signs of stopping and came on the heels of President Zelenskyy’s emotional appeal to the European Union for emergency admittance.

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A view shows the area near the regional administration building, which was hit by a missile according to city officials, in Kharkiv, Ukraine, in this handout picture released March 1, 2022. Press service of the Ukrainian State Emergency Service/Handout via REUTERS

The Wall Street Journal:

Live-cam footage from Kharkiv’s central Freedom Square showed a missile landing just outside the local government’s headquarters, with a fireball charring nearby buildings and cars. There was no immediate word on casualties.

The morning strike appeared to target government offices in Freedom Square in the city centre. According to emergency workers at least 10 people have been killed, and Ukrainian officials says dozens were injured. Warning – this video contained distressing footage. It has been verified by the BBC but the source is unknown.

Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, whose population is mostly Russian-speaking, has put up stiff resistance to Russian advances since President Vladimir Putin began the invasion on Thursday, with Ukrainian forces destroying or capturing a unit of Russian troops that entered the city over the weekend.

The mayor of #Kharkiv says at least 21 people have been killed & 112 injured during the last 12h of shelling.

The city’s going through another day of heavy fighting.

The regional police department has also been hitpic.twitter.com/wDuouoDyuc#Ukraine

— Daniele Palumbo (@Danict89) March 2, 2022

On Monday, Russian forces unleashed a barrage of multiple-launch rocket fire against residential neighborhoods in Kharkiv, killing at least 10 civilians, including three children and their parents who were incinerated in a car struck by a Russian projectile, and injuring at least 40, according to Kharkiv officials.

Some 87 Kharkiv apartment buildings have been damaged, and several parts of Kharkiv no longer have water, electricity or heating, Mayor Ihor Terekhov told Ukrainian TV channels. Kharkiv, which served as the capital of Ukraine in the 1920s and 1930s, is home to some 1.4 million people.

“This is not a random mistaken salvo, but a conscious extermination of people. The Russians knew what they were firing at,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said about Monday’s shelling.

#UPDATE Russian airborne troops have landed in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, the Ukrainian army says.

“Russian airborne troops landed in Kharkiv… and attacked a local hospital. There is an ongoing fight”

???? Kharkiv on March 1 following shelling from Russian forces pic.twitter.com/3pdYswzZam

— AFP News Agency (@AFP) March 2, 2022

Tuesday’s missile struck Freedom Square near the spot where Ukrainian volunteers in 2014 displayed the remains of a Russian rocket that hit the city of Kramatorsk in the eastern Donbas region, where Ukrainian troops have been at war with Russian-backed forces for the past eight years.

 “Is Kharkiv Next?” read a banner that used to stand on the spot before the Russian invasion began. There was a big crater at that location on Tuesday, and buildings all around the square were damaged.