Ukraine's Kharkiv has withstood Russia's relentless strikes. Locals fear what's next
![Debris at the site of a missile attack on a hardware superstore that killed 19 people in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on May 26.](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/3000x2000+0+0/resize/3000x2000!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F57%2F66%2F50ab655e4263bd0ce13d167832f7%2Fllc01431-crop.jpg)
While some have fled Ukraine's second-largest city, others remain, even performing a classical music festival in defiance of the war.
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