Russian warplanes launched glide bombs (KAB) and missiles in a series of strikes on Kharkiv, with the first wave hitting a forest strip in Shevchenkivskyi district causing a fire and damaging residential buildings.
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Russian warplanes launched what is believed to be KAB glide bombs and missiles at Kharkiv
First wave of strikes tentatively involved missiles that hit a forest strip in the Shevchenkivskyi district, causing a fire and damaging residential buildings nearby
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