The Ukrainian military announced today that Russia was “slowing down the pace of the attack” on the fifth day of the invasion of the country and in view of the talks between Kiev and Moscow in Belarus later in the day.
“The Russian occupiers have slowed down the pace of the attack, but are still trying to achieve victories in some areas,” the Ukrainian army’s general staff said.
Both the US and Britain expressed the assessment that Russia found strong resistance from Ukraine.
Explosions in Kyiv and Kharkov
Meanwhile, explosions were heard in the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv, and the country’s second largest city, Kharkiv, as announced by the Ukrainian authorities in the early hours of Monday.
Oleksiy Arestovich, an adviser to the Ukrainian presidency, also said that the coastal city of Berdyansk in southern Ukraine had been occupied by Russian troops.
There was calm in Kyiv for a few hours on Sunday, but the sirens sounded again, according to international networks.
He added that 11 ships of the Russian Navy are off Odessa.
Bombings in Mariupol
In Mariupol, at least 15 people are injured in the evening bombings, while more than 80 people are in hospital, 18 of them in serious condition.
Earlier, the Ukrainian news agency UNIAN reported that several Russian bombers and fighters had taken off from the Crimean peninsula to Ukrainian cities.
According to the agency, the targets are believed to be Kyiv, Kharkiv, the city of Mykolaif, near the Black Sea, as well as Kherson. Agency information could not be verified.
So far according to international media have lost their lives in battles over 350 people, including 16 children.
Ukraine claims 4,500 Russians have lost their lives since the invasion began, a news that has not been confirmed.
At the same time, at least 368,000 people fled Ukraine.
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