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Since being liberated by Ukrainian forces in September, residents in frontline villages in Ukraine's Kharkiv region face daily shelling. RFE/RL's Taras Levchenko spoke with locals about the risks they face.
A farmer in the village of Shestakove in Ukraine's Kharkiv region says 2,000 cattle were killed on his farm by Russian air strikes on February 28, just days after Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Serhiy Yatsenko told RFE/RL's Taras Levchenko about the attack in which a farm worker also died and showed him the corpses of cattle that have yet to be removed. (WARNING: Viewers may find the content of this video disturbing)
U.S. Representative Adam Smith, chair of the House Armed Services Committee, says Washington hopes to significantly increase the amount of long-range weaponry Ukraine has to defeat Russia and thwart President Vladimir Putin's brutal, unprovoked attack on the country.