They continue unabated, for the sixth day, the battles in Ukraine, with the Russians increasing the pressure, but accepting losses.
More than 70 Ukrainian soldiers were killed when a Russian artillery shell hit a military base in the northeastern city of Ochtyrka, according to a post on social media by regional leader Dmitry Zivitsky. He later said that many Russian soldiers and some locals were also killed in Sunday’s fighting.
More than 100 civilians have been killed since Thursday, according to UN figures. Authorities in Kyiv say more than 150 civilians have been killed.
Another image of the devastation of the war is given by new satellite photos of the company Black Sky in central Ukraine. In Vasilkiv air base A crater can be seen in a car park in the middle of the air base, while an industrial complex is still smoking from the blows southwest of the main runway.
Satellite images gathered in the meantime over Ivankiv – between Chernobyl and Kiev – depict a Russian military convoy passing through the devastated countryside.
Russian troops located in the Russian Far East will move closer to Europe and will conduct exercises in the province of Astrakhan, which is located on the border between the European and Asian part of Russia, as reported today by the Russian news agency Interfax, citing the command of forces in the eastern part of the Russian Federation.
According to the announcement of the administration, the moving units will perform exercises especially to cover long distances.
Satellite images taken Monday show a huge Russian military convoy north of Kiev, the main target of Russia’s armed forces after last week’s invasion of Ukraine, spanning 64 kilometers, much larger than previously reported. It was about 27 km – according to the American private company Maxar Technologies.
The convoy includes hundreds of armored vehicles, tanks, self-propelled guns and chamber support vehicles and is headed south, towards Kyiv, according to the company.
“It extends from the outskirts of Antonov Airport (about 25 km from the center of Kiev) in the south to the outskirts of Pribirsk,” Maxar said.
Dozens of people killed and hundreds injured in other rocket attacks in Ukraine’s second largest city, Kharkiv.
“Kharkiv has just come under massive rocket fire,” said Anton Herastchenko, an adviser to Ukraine’s Interior Ministry. “Dozens dead and hundreds injured.”
The Russian army arrived at the gates of the Ukrainian city of Kherson, in the southern part of the country, north of Crimea, its mayor said in the early hours of today.
Russia used thermobaric bomb in its offensive against Ukraine on Monday, Ukraine’s ambassador to the United States has said. Oksana Markarova.
“They used the thermobaric bomb today (yesterday Monday), which is banned under the Geneva Convention,” said Markarova, who briefed members of the US Congress. “The catastrophe that Russia is trying to inflict on Ukraine is great,” he added.
Satellite images taken Monday showed a huge Russian military convoy north of Kiev, the main target of Russia’s armed forces after last week’s invasion of Ukraine, spanning 64 kilometers, much larger than previously reported. It was about 27 km – according to the American private company Maxar Technologies.
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, the Russian army blew up substations, according to the city mayor. The attacks disrupted electricity and water supplies.
The Russian army arrived at the gates of the Ukrainian city in the southern part of the country, north of Crimea, its mayor said in the early morning hours.
Mariupol has sunk into darkness as Russian aircraft destroyed central electricity pylons resulting in a total blackout.
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.
The Ukrainian president has signed a formal request for his country to join the European Union.
More than 500,000 Ukrainians have left their country since the beginning of the Russian invasion according to the UN.
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