Russian troops based in the Russian Far East will conduct exercises in the Astrakhan province, which borders Russia’s European and Asian parts, Russia’s Interfax news agency reported today, citing the command of its eastern forces. Of the Russian Federation.
According to the announcement of the administration, the moving units will perform exercises especially to cover long distances.
Russia launched a military invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, gradually gathering more than 100,000 troops on the two countries’ borders, assuring for a long time that it was there just for high schools.
Strikes in Kharkov, Kyiv, Kherson and Mariupol
The Russian army continues to strike in the city of Kharkov in the east, in Kherson in the west and on the outskirts of Kiev and Mariupol.
In Kharkov, where at least 11 people were killed yesterday, the Russian army blew up substations, according to the city mayor. The attacks disrupted electricity and water supplies.
Mariupol has plunged into darkness as Russian planes destroyed central electricity pylons resulting in a total blackout.
In Hersonissos the explosions are strong and are estimated to come from a location near the airport
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Russia of committing war crimes in the city of Kharkov. Regarding yesterday’s talks with the Russian side in Belarus, he said that he was considering its results.
Earlier yesterday, the Ukrainian president signed a formal request for his country to join the European Union.
Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova has accused Russia of using a thermobaric bomb, which is banned under the Geneva Convention, in its attack on Ukraine yesterday.
More than 500,000 Ukrainians have fled their country since the beginning of the Russian invasion, according to the UN.
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