A BRAVE Ukrainian has revealed her horrific injuries after she survived a hit from a Russian shell.
The woman, identified as Nina, who works as a pharmacist in Kharkiv, was pictured with scars all over her face after an attack by Russian troops in the besieged city.
Nina's photos circulated on social media after she agreed to be photographed to "show the world the truth."
The Twitter post also shared by President of the Liberal Democratic League of Ukraine Arthur Kharytonov reads: "This is Nina. She is a professional pharmacist from Kharkiv.
"Before the Russian bombing attack she served in the “9.1.1.” drugstore.
"Nina agreed to show the face after the meeting with simple Russians.
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"To make the world know the truth. She will need a very long treatment."
Kharkiv alongside Sumy and Chernihiv continue to put up strong resistance against Putin's forces while harrowing images show the extent of the damage in the cities.
The city's Mayor Igor Terekhov said hundreds of buildings, many residential, had been destroyed.
"It is impossible to say that the worst days are behind us, we are constantly being bombed," he said.
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A shocking picture showed a Russian missile lodged in the kitchen sink of a family's home in the besieged city.
The unexploded missile can be seen wedged in the corner of the room and miraculously only caused damage to the house's ceiling and sink.
Last week's terrifying images showed a young girl being pulled from the wreckage of a building after it was reportedly struck in Russian shelling.
Desperate medical teams can be seen frantically trying to revive her but it is not clear whether the child survived.
Meanwhile, shocking footage from Mariupol shows the horrific state of the port city with barely any building undamaged by relentless shelling.
The city has been hit by Russian forces have for almost a month.
A budding Ukrainian gymnast Kateryna Dyachenko, was tragically killed in a Russian airstrike after her home was bombed in Mariupol.
Since the invasion began, Russian troops have been pounding Ukrainian cities – but Mariupol has faced the worst of the war.
Hundreds of thousands are believed to be trapped inside buildings, with no access to food, water, power or heat.
Russian shells, bombs and missiles have struck a theatre, an art school and other public buildings – burying hundreds of women and children sheltering in cellars.
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Russia has also been accused of using deadly phosphorous bombs in Ukraine after footage allegedly showing white phosphorous burning on the ground in the eastern city of Kramatorsk has emerged.
Kramatorsk police chief Oleksiy Biloshytskiy shared a video of material burning on the ground as it was touched with a spade.
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