The mayor of Mariupol, Ukraine, said this morning that the city in the southern part of the country bordering the Sea of Azov was under constant bombardment, adding that civilians had been killed and infrastructure damaged as Russia continued its invasion for a sixth day. in the country.
“Residential areas are being bombed for five days. They are hitting us with artillery, they are bombing us with GRAD missiles, they are hitting us with their air force,” Vadim Boishenko told Ukrainian television.
“Political infrastructure has been damaged – schools, homes. There are many injured. Women, children have been killed,” he added.
Meanwhile, Pavlo Kirilenko, governor of Donetsk province, pointed out on Facebook that there is a power outage in Mariupol today after a bombing.
“Mariupol and Volnovacha are ours! The two cities are under pressure from the enemy, but they are resisting. In Mariupol (…) the city is without electricity,” he added.
These two cities are on the path of Russian forces invading Ukraine through Crimea, which was annexed by Moscow in 2014.
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At the same time, Russian missile strikes hit the center of Ukraine’s second largest city, Kharkiv (Kharkov), said the head of the region Oleg Shinegubov, noting that residential areas and the city administration building were hit as the Russian invasion enters the country. its sixth day.
Shinegubov noted that Russia has launched GRAD and cruise missiles in Kharkiv and is responsible for war crimes. The defense of the city endures, he stressed.
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Russia’s goal is to occupy Kiev
The President of Ukraine stated that he considers Kyiv the main target of the Russian army.
“For the enemy, Kyiv is a key target. “As a result, the capital is under constant threat,” he said.
According to him, only on Monday, three rockets and bombs fell.
“They are targeting CHPP-6. “They want to turn off the power plant and leave our city without electricity,” said the head of state.
“We did not let them break the defense of the capital. They send us saboteurs. Constantly. Hundreds. “We will neutralize them all,” Zelenski added.
Ukraine’s foreign minister calls for more sanctions on Russia
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba has called for more international sanctions against Russia following what he called a “barbaric” attack on the city of Kharkov.
“Barbaric Russian missiles hit the central Freedom Square and the residential areas of Kharkiv. Putin is not in a position to dismantle Ukraine. “He commits more war crimes out of rage, he kills innocent civilians,” Kuleba said on social media.
“People can and should do more. “INCREASE THE PRESSURE, FULLY ISOLATE RUSSIA,” he wrote.
Barbaric Russian missile strikes on the central Freedom Square and residential districts of Kharkiv. Putin is unable to break Ukraine down. He commits more war crimes out of fury, murders innocent civilians. The world can and must do more. INCREASE PRESSURE, ISOLATE RUSSIA FULLY! pic.twitter.com/tN4VHF1A9n
– Dmytro Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba) March 1, 2022
According UN figures, more than 100 civilians have been killed since Thursday. Authorities in Kyiv say more than 150 civilians have been killed.
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.
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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.
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