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Mayor: Russian forces continue shelling Kharkiv

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According to Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov, Russian forces fired on five of Kharkiv’s districts at around 2:15 a.m. on Aug. 16. Terekhov reported that Kharkiv’s Shevchenkivskyi, Kyivskyi, Saltivskyi, Industrialnyi, and Kholodnohorskyi districts were affected. No casualties were reported.

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