Sumy and Lebedin, in northeastern Ukraine, continue to be under Russian attack, Dmitry Sivitsky, head of the Sumy region authorities, told the Telegram.
Russian planes destroyed a warehouse with food and construction materials, as well as a parking lot yesterday Saturday, while a factory that generates electricity and guarantees the heating of homes was destroyed the day before yesterday, he said.
Russian forces have been trying to seize Kyiv, Kharkiv and other key areas in Ukraine since February 24.
There is no heating in Ochtyrka, between Sumi and Lebedin, and water and electricity have also been cut off in some areas. The residents of Mariupol have also been left without heating, water and electricity.
“What can I say? Ochtyrka herself is partly lost,” Sivicki wrote. Authorities say seventy Ukrainian soldiers were killed there on Tuesday.
At the same time, Russian forces are seeking to take over hydroelectric power station dam of strategic importance south of the capital, Kiev today warned the Ukrainian army.
The General Staff clarified that the Russian troops are now targeting the Kaniv Dam, which is located 150 kilometers south of Kiev, on the Dnipro River.
In the Kyiv the bombings continue and explosions on the outskirts of the Ukrainian capital are continuous.
Explosions were also heard in the city Brovarya few kilometers outside of Kyiv.
At the same time, a huge russian armor procession remains immobilized in the surroundings.
Earlier, it became known that the Russian forces occupied a psychiatric hospital with 670 inmates in the city of Borodyanka, said the governor of Kiev.
“We do not know how to free these people, how to help them,” he said.
The Russian pounding in Mariupol continues
From six in the afternoon the Mariupol was again targeted by Russian troops.
The Russian military resumed its “attack” after the evacuation of civilians from the two besieged cities in southeastern Ukraine, including Mariupol, was postponed.
The announcement was made by the representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Igor Konachenkov.
“Due to the Ukrainian side’s reluctance to exert influence over the nationalists or to extend the ceasefire, the operations resumed at 18:00 Moscow time,” he said in a video message.
#UPDATE Russian defense ministry says it has resumed “offensive actions” in #Ukraine after announcing a ceasefire earlier in the day to allow residents of two besieged cities to evacuate pic.twitter.com/saOLyQpBeo
– AFP News Agency (@AFP) March 5, 2022
The situation in Kherson is dramatic – the Russian blockade around Kharkov tightens
The situation has reached a critical point in Hersonissos with Russian troops now stationed in the southern Ukrainian city and the mayor calling for more weapons.
“The inhabitants of Hersonissos are unarmed. “We have no more weapons to resist, to put up armed resistance,” Igor Kolikayev told CNN.
“We do not have an army in the city. The army was defeated. The Ukrainian army had to retreat, so there are no weapons. “They have retreated to the city of Nikolaev,” he continued.
“Russian troops are everywhere,” he said.
As for the Kharkivthe British intelligence service stressed that the city is surrounded by Russian forces.
Occupied city #Kherson, Ukrainians, without fear, went in a meeting against enemy! You are the best! #UkraineRussiaWar #StopRussia#StopPutin#UkraineInvasion #RussiaInvadedUkraine #StopRussianAggression #UkraineUnderAttack @NATO #Europe @UN @POTUS @eucopresident pic.twitter.com/olXUgyvAs6
– Ukraine Under Attacks (@ YuliiaMerkushe1) March 5, 2022
Finally in OdessaUkrainian forces defended the country’s largest port from Russian ships, according to an adviser to the President of Ukraine, while roadblocks were set up in the streets
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