Post #971

1943 — View of the destroyed Kharkiv. Kharkiv was captured four times and on August 23, 1943 the city was finally liberated from Nazi occupation. In four of the battles for Kharkiv the Soviet Union and Germany lost more people than at any other time in the history of World War II, including Stalingrad and Berlin. 2022 — View shows buildings damaged by relentless shelling during russian invasion in Ukraine. Many streets have been turned into a mush of steel and concrete. Although Ukraine pushed russian forces back from Kharkiv in a successful counterattack, russian troops are holding on in the north and are still close enough to continue shelling the outskirts of the country’s second-largest city. 🔴 2022 - Russia’s War in Ukraine, in Context @facethenation