(Reuters) - 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% of the population have evacuated, mainly women, children and the elderly.

       (Reporting by Aleksandar Vasovic; Editing by Toby Chopra)