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On March 1, Russia ramped up its assault on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, hammering it with airstrikes as Russian military operations across the country intensified.Kharkiv region head Oleg Synegubov said Russian bombardments had hit residential areas and the regional administration building in the city, Reuters report.Video of the attack in Freedom Square shows a huge fireball erupt in front of the regional administration building.Rescuers carry the body of a victim on a stretcher outside the regional administration building, which city officials said was hit by a missile attack, in central Kharkiv on March 1, 2022. (Vyachesla Madiyevskyy/Reuters)Ukraine’s State Emergency Service said the missile attack killed seven people and injured 24 others, including a child.But the NTV television channel, which is owned by Gazprom-Media, a subsidiary of Gazpom, Russia’s majority-state owned natural gas monopoly, claimed Ukrainian forces launched the strike against the regional administration building.In a report uploaded to YouTube on March 1, NTV falsely reported:(Ukrainian President Volodymyr) Zelenskyy blamed the strike on Russia
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