Civilians endure intense suffering as Russian shelling reduces Kharkiv to 'a smoking ruin'
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Summary: Kharkiv near the Russian border in northeastern Ukraine is majority ethnic-Russian and the nation's second-largest city. Now, many of its people have fled thunderous Russian airstrikes and artillery that have reduced this Ukrainian center of culture, learning and industry to a shell of its former self. Special correspondent Jack Hewson and filmmaker Ed Ram report from the embattled city. PBS NewsHour is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders