Jammu, March 28 -- Despite ongoing peace negotiations, violence has unfortunately escalated once again in the Russia-Ukraine conflict. On Wednesday, Russia launched aerial bomb attacks on the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv - the first such strikes on the region in over two years.

According to officials, the bombardment killed at least one civilian and injured 16 others. Residential buildings suffered damage and the city's major emergency surgery institute was also impacted. Police experts are investigating the attack sites.

While sporadic clashes have continued along the over 1,000 km frontlines dividing Russian and Ukrainian controlled areas, Kharkiv had not witnessed aerial bombing since the early weeks of Russia's invasion in...