A blast is seen at a TV tower in Kyiv amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine on March 1, 2022 Carlos Barria, Reuters
Russian forces attacked a TV tower in Kyiv on Tuesday and earlier launched a missile strike on an administration building in Ukraine's second city Kharkiv killing at least 10 civilians, according to Ukrainian interior ministry adviser Anton Herashchenko. UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Russia's bombardment of Kharkiv was reminiscent of massacres of civilians during the 1990s Bosnian War. Follow our live blog for the latest developments.
- On the sixth day of the war, Russian troops are pushing deeper into Ukrainian territory, advancing on the capital and setting up checkpoints outside some towns and cities.
- Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, was shelled Tuesday morning, killing at least 10 people, according to a Ukrainian official.
- The strategic southern port city of Mariupol was without power after heavy shelling.
- The Russian army on Tuesday reached the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson near Crimea and is setting up checkpoints on the city’s outskirts, said its mayor.
- In the northeastern town of Okhtyka, nearly 70 Ukrainian servicemen were killed in a Russian shelling on Monday, according to the regional governor.
- Russian Chechen leader Ramzan Kadyrov, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, on Tuesday said two Chechen fighters were killed and six wounded in his first casualty report in the war.
- The International Criminal Court (ICC) plans to open an investigation into Russia's invasion of Ukraine and alleged war crimes committed there.
- Kyiv says 352 civilians have been killed, including 14 children, since the invasion began last Thursday.
- The UN refugee agency says more than 660,000 refugees have now fled Ukraine for neighbouring countries.
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