Ukraine’s second-largest city Kharkiv was under intense bombardment Ukraine’s second-largest city Kharkiv was under intense bombardment on Thursday, its mayor Ihor Terekhov said. “Huge blasts, the Russian Federation is furiously bombing the city,” Terekhov said in a televised address. He said that around 1 million people remain in the northeastern city, while about 30 percent of the population have evacuated, mainly women, children and the elderly.