The Ukrainian government has urged residents of the eastern regions to leave the area immediately as they may find themselves trapped in the midst of fighting in the coming days.
Three people lost their lives in the city of Balakliyanear Kharkov, in eastern Ukraine after a Russian artillery attack, according to a post by the local prosecutor’s office in the Telegram.
According to him, Russian forces launched an “artillery shell attack on a residential area.”
The small town of Losova, on the outskirts of Kharkiv, also exists rocket bombardment by Russian forcesofficials said earlier.
So far, there is no information on casualties, according to a post by the mayor on the Telegram platform.
It is not clear exactly what the targets of the Russian army bombing are.
Three days ago, the mayor urged residents to leave the city of about 55,000 residents.
According to Ukrainian media, about 10,000 left in the past 48 hours.
The governor of the Kharkiv region, meanwhile, said Ukrainian authorities could not help evacuate civilians from Izium or send humanitarian aid, as the city was under full Russian control.
In parallel, 11 dead were found in a parking lot in Hostomel, a suburb of Kiev, according to Ukrainian media. They say they were civilians killed by Russian soldiers.
On Tuesday, the head of the local military administration said that about 400 residents of Hostomel were missing and that the authorities had begun searches in cellars and basements.
The Ukrainian armed forces regained control of Kiev suburbs such as Hostomel, Bukha and Irpin a few days ago.
“Russia is blocking access to humanitarian aid in Mariupol to hide the ‘thousands’ of victims in the besieged city, where attacks and bombings continue,” he said. Ukrainian President Zelensky.
He called the Russians Nazis, pointing out that in Buka, Irpin, Hostomel, families were burned.
In his new sermon The Ukrainian president called on Western politicians to agree on a speedy embargo on Russian oil, arguing that delaying the measure would cost Ukrainians their lives.
He added that he would continue to insist that Russia be completely excluded from the international financial system.
