Russia-Ukraine war photos, videos show devastation as Putin regime amps up violence in urban areas

Disturbing photos and videos have emerged from the Russia-Ukraine war on Wednesday as Ukraine's largest city of Kharkiv continued to endure relentless shelling on the seventh day since Russia forces invaded.

A view of damaged regional police station building after a Russian missile attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine on March 2, 2022 .  (State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)) A view of damaged regional police station building after a Russian missile attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine on March 2, 2022 .  (State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)) Firefighters work to contain a fire in the complex of buildings housing the Kharkiv regional SBU security service and the regional police, allegedly hit during recent shelling by Russia, in Kharkiv on March 2, 2022.  ( SERGEY BOBOK/AFP via Getty Images) A view of damaged regional police station building after a Russian missile attack in Kharkiv, Ukraine on March 2, 2022 .  (State Emergency Service of Ukraine/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)) Firefighters work to contain a fire in the complex of buildings housing the Kharkiv regional SBU security service and the regional police, allegedly hit during recent shelling by Russia, in Kharkiv on March 2, 2022.  ( SERGEY BOBOK/AFP via Getty Images) A man walks past the remains of Russian military vehicles in Bucha, close to the capital Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022. Russia on Tuesday stepped up shelling of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, pounding civilian targets there.  ((AP Photo/Serhii Nuzhnenko)) Smoke and flames are seen inside a damaged gym following shelling in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 2, 2022. Russian forces have escalated their attacks on crowded cities in what Ukraine’s leader called a blatant campaign of terror.   ((AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)) A man smokes a cigarette before leaving Poland to fight in Ukraine, at the border crossing in Medyka, Poland, Wednesday, March 2, 2022.  ((AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)) A journalist walks past a damaged gym following shelling in Kyiv, Ukraine, Wednesday, March 2, 2022.  ((AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)) An armed man stands by the remains of a Russian military vehicle in Bucha, close to the capital Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, March 1, 2022.  ((AP Photo/Serhii Nuzhnenko)) A Ukrainian volunteer carries camouflage nets at a distribution center in Lviv, western Ukraine, Wednesday, March 2, 2022.  ((AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)) Ukrainian volunteers sort donated foods for later distribution to the local population while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy appears on television in Lviv, western Ukraine, Wednesday, March 2, 2022.  ((AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)) Ukrainian volunteers load food into a van to be distributed to the local population in Lviv, western Ukraine, Wednesday, March 2, 2022.  ((AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)) Ukrainian volunteers sort food donations for later distribution to the local population in Lviv, western Ukraine, Wednesday, March 2, 2022. Russia renewed its assault Wednesday on Ukraine’s second-largest city in a pounding that lit up the skyline with balls of fire over populated areas, even as Moscow said it would be ready to resume talks aimed at stopping the new devastating war in Europe.  ((AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)) Fire engines are pictured during the response effort to the shelling of Russian invaders outside the Kharkiv Regional State Administration building in Svobody (Freedom) Square on Tuesday, March 1, Kharkiv, northeastern Ukraine.  ((Photo credit should read Vyacheslav Madiyevskyy/ Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty Images)) Civilians walk by Ukraine residents who use an underground metro station as bomb shelter in Kyiv on March 2, 2022.  ((Photo by ARIS MESSINIS/STF/AFP via Getty Images)) People wait at a train station to board trains in an attempt to flee the fighting in Kyiv on March 2, 2022 in Kyiv, Turkey.  ((Photo by Murat Saka/ dia images via Getty Images))

In Kharkiv, with a population of about 1.5 million, at least six people were killed when the region’s administrative building on Freedom Square was hit with what was believed to be a missile.