Civilians clear rubble from missile-hit Kharkiv school
STORY: Kharkiv resident Oleksandr, who was sheltering in the school with his mother after his own neighborhood had been hit by shelling, told Reuters he was on the first floor when a missile hit at 0430 local time.
"This is very cruel, it is pointless. It doesn't make any sense," he said.
Everyday classroom elements - desks, chairs and writing boards - now lay in the exposed ruins.
Local residents have been working to remove the debris from what remains of the school building by hand.
It's all they feel they can do to help.
Russia calls its actions in Ukraine a “special operation” that it says is not designed to occupy territory but to destroy its southern neighbor's military capabilities and capture what it regards as dangerous nationalists.
Ukraine and its Western allies call this a pretext for unprovoked invasion.
Since Russia's military entered Ukraine on February 24, thousands have been killed and a quarter of Ukraine's 44 million people have been driven from their homes.
