Kiev and Kharkiv are already the scene of war in Europe. The two largest cities in Ukraine suffer the continuous bombardment of the Kremlin since this Tuesday the Russian troops increased their offensive to besiege these two enclaves.
About 6:00 a.m. a barrage of missiles hit various buildings in Kharkov and the National University. The city, completely devastated after two days of non-stop attacks, looks very different today than it did just a week ago.
This morning residential neighborhoods in Kiev have also been bombed, as reported by the Ukrainian authorities. Specifically, the areas of Rusanivkaa few kilometers from the central square maidanon Boyarka and also in Zhuliany.
In addition, this Tuesday, the impact of a projectile against the communications tower of the capital caused the death of 5 people and caused commotion in a population that resisted after more than a week of war in which the Russian troops had failed when trying to besiege it.
Kremlin Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu had already warned about possible “high precision” attacks against Ukrainian Intelligence facilities in Kiev, for which Mayor Vitaly Kitschkoha urged citizens to avoid walking on the streets and even traveling by bicycle.
But the capital is not the only one. During the seventh day of invasion, air strikes have multiplied. In the Ukrainian city of Borodjanka two residential buildings have been reduced to ashes.
Another attack would have been registered in Bila Tserkva, in the Kiev province; Meanwhile in Yitomir the president of the regional council, Vladimir Fedorenko, has reported a bombing of a hospital.
Despite the violence against civilians in recent bombings, the Ukrainian Armed Forces maintain that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has slowed down because Russian forces “they have lost the tactical initiative and have been forced to mobilize reserves to continue their offensive.
In fact, the Ukrainian air forces would have neutralized during the early morning a new convoy with more than 800 military vehicles Russians heading to the city of Bashtanka, near the border with Moldova. The military column was bombarded from the air, preventing the Kremlin troops from entering Ukrainian territory.
Russia claims to have control of Kherson and to have ‘blocked’ Mariupol
However, Russia claims that already has control over some of the most important cities of the country, as Kherson, to the south. According to the Russian military, in the city, with nearly 300,000 inhabitants and located on the shores of the Black Sea, “the civil infrastructure and public transport function normally.”
Pro-Russian separatists in the Donetsk region have also secured having “blocked” Mariupol, on the shores of the Sea of Azov, and have asked civilians to surrender and leave the city to “avoid casualties”. In total, they claim to add under their domain more than thirty localities in Donbas.
Meanwhile, both powers are preparing for a new day of negotiations. After unsuccessful talks last Monday, Russia and Ukraine will meet again this Wednesday, according to sources close to the delegations. The meeting place is yet to be determined.
During the first contact, Moscow would have demanded that Kiev recognize the independence of the self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Lugansk and withdraw the request that the Crimean peninsula be returned to Ukraine. For their part, the Ukrainian authorities, according to Glavcom, they would have requested an immediate ceasefire and the withdrawal of Russian troops from the territory.
Source: Lasexta
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