US President Joe Biden warned on Tuesday that if the Russian leader does not “pay price” for the invasion the aggression would not stop with one the country.
Biden used son first State of the Union’s speech to underline resolve of a reinvigorated western alliance that worked to rearm Ukraine military and enact tough penalties, which he says have left Russian President Vladimir Putin ‘isolated in the world more than he ever was.
“Throughout our history we learned this lesson – when dictators don’t pay price for their aggressiveness, they cause more chaos,” Biden said. “They keep moving. And the costs and the threats to America and the world keep rising.”
As Biden spoke, a 40-mile (64 kilometer) convoy of hundreds of Russian tanks and others vehicles advanced slowly on Kyivla capital city of nearly 3 millions people, in what the West feared was an attempt by Putin to overthrow government and install a regime favorable to the Kremlin.
The strengths ofinvasion also pressed their assault on other towns and cities, including strategic ports of Odessa and Mariupol in South.
Like the seventh day of war broke out on Wednesday, Russia found itself more and more isolated, prey to the sanctions that have thrown son economy in turmoil and left the country virtually friendless except for a few nations like China, Belarus and North Korea. Russian leader bank Sberbank announced Wednesday he pulls out of European markets face to the tightening of Western sanctions.
As the fighting raged, the humanitarian situation deteriorated. About 660,000 people fled Ukraine, and countless others took refuge underground.
the death the toll was less clear, with neither Russia nor Ukraine publish the number of lost troops. United Nations human rights office said it recorded 136 civilian deaths, although the actual toll is surely far off higher.
A senior western intelligence official estimated that 5,000 Russians soldiers had been captured or killed in greatest war on earth in Europe since World War II.
Numerous military experts fear that Russia will change tactics. that of Moscow strategy in Chechnya and Syria were to use artillery and air bombardments to pulverize the cities and crush the fighters” resolve.
The UK Ministry of Defense said it had seen an increase in Russian air and artillery strikes on populated urban areas over the past two days. This also said Kharkiv and Mariupol were surrounded by Russian forces and troops were reportedly moving towards the center of a third city, Kherson. The Russian Defense Ministry said it seized Kherson, although this claim could not be confirmed.
Ukrainian authorities have declared that five people were killed in the attack on the television tower near the center Kyiv. A TV control room and power substation were hit and at least some Ukrainian channels briefly ceased broadcasting, officials said.
the office of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported that the site of the Babi Yar Holocaust memorial, adjacent to the television tower, was also hit. A spokesperson for the memorial declared a Jewish cemetery on the site, where Nazi occupiers killed more over 33,000 Jews over two days in 1941, was damaged, but the extent would not clear until the day.
Zelenskyy voiced son outrage wednesday face to the attack on Babi Yar and fear that other historical and religious sites, such as Saint Sophia Cathedral, may be targeted.
“It’s beyond humanity. Such a missile strike means that for many Russians our Kyiv is absolutely alien,” Zelenskyy said in a speech posted on Facebook. “They have orders to erase our history, our country and all of us.”
Russia has already said people living near the transmission facilities used by the Ukrainian intelligence agency to leave their homes. But Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said on Wednesday that the airstrike on the tv tower has no hit all apartment buildings. He did not address the reported deaths or damage to Babi Yar.
In Kharkov, with a population of about 1.5 million, at least six people were killed when the regionest administrative building on Liberty Square was hit with What this’on believed to be a missile. The Slovenian Foreign Ministry said that son consulate in Kharkiv, located in another grand building on the placewas destroyed.
the attack on the square – the kernel of public the life in the city – was seen by many Ukrainians as shameless proof that Russia invasion was not just about hitting military targets but also to break their spirit.
The bombardment blew out windows and walls of buildings surrounding the placewhich was stacked with debris and dust. Inside one buildingpieces of plaster was strewn about and doors crossed the hallways.
Another Russian airstrike hit a residential area in the city of Zhytomyr. Ukraine’s emergency services said Tuesday’s strike left at least two people dead and three burned homes and broke the windows in a nearby hospital. About 85 miles (140 kilometers) west of KyivZhytomyr is the home of the elite 95th Air Assault Brigade, which may have been the intended target.
In the south harbor city of Mariupol, the mayor said the attacks were relentless.
“They flattened us nonstop for 12 hours now,” Mariupol Mayor Vadym Boychenko was quoted by Interfax news agency as said. “We can’t even get the injured out of the streets, houses and apartments today, car the bombings don’t stop.”
Boychenko called Russia’s actions “genocide” – using the same word that Putin used to justify invasion.
Zelenskyy mocked Russia’s claim that it only goes after military targets, noting that 16 children were killed on Monday.
“Where are the children? What kind of military do factories do work to?” Zelensky said.
Human Rights Watch said it documented a cluster bomb attack outside a hospital in Eastern Ukraine in The last days. Residents also reported the use of such weapons in Village of Kharkiv and Kiyanka. The Kremlin denies using cluster bombs.
Cluster bombs fire smaller “bomblets” over a grand many areade of which fail explode long after they fall. If their use is confirmed, this would represent a new level of brutality in the war.
the first talks between Russia and Ukraine since invasion took place on Monday, but ended with only an agreement to speak again. On Tuesday, Zelenskyy said that Russia should stop bombing first.
Instead, Moscow made new threats of climbing on Tuesday, days after raising the spectrum of nuclear war. A Kremlin top official warned that the West’s “economic warfare” against Russia could become a “real one.”
Inside Russia, a leading radio station critical of the Kremlin was taken off the air after the authorities threatened to shut this down over son coverage of the invasion. Among other things, the Kremlin does not allow the fights to be called “invasionor “war”.
Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said it had evidence that Belarus, an ally of Russia, was preparing to send troops to Ukraine. A statement from the ministry posted early wednesday on Facebook said Belarusian troops were brought in combat preparation and are concentrated near the northern border of Ukraine. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that son country did not have plans for join the fight.
A senior we defense official says Russia military progress – including by the massive convoy – slowed down, plagued by logistics and supply problems. a little russian military the columns have run out of fuel and food, official said, and morale suffered like a result.
Overall, the Russian military was blocked by fierce resistance on the ground and a surprising inability to completely dominate the airspace of Ukraine.
The huge convoy with vehicles piled up along narrow roads, would apparently be “a big fat target » for Ukrainian forces, senior western intelligence official noted on state of anonymity. But he also showed that Russia was convinced that it would not come attack by air rocket or missile, the official noted.
US President Joe Biden warned on Tuesday that if the Russian leader does not “pay price” for the invasion the aggression would not stop with one the country.
Biden used son first State of the Union’s speech to underline resolve of a reinvigorated western alliance that worked to rearm Ukraine military and enact tough penalties, which he says have left Russian President Vladimir Putin ‘isolated in the world more than he ever was.
“Throughout our history we learned this lesson – when dictators don’t pay price for their aggressiveness, they cause more chaos,” Biden said. “They keep moving. And the costs and the threats to America and the world keep rising.”
As Biden spoke, a 40-mile (64 kilometer) convoy of hundreds of Russian tanks and others vehicles advanced slowly on Kyivla capital city of nearly 3 millions people, in what the West feared was an attempt by Putin to overthrow government and install a regime favorable to the Kremlin.
The strengths ofinvasion also pressed their assault on other towns and cities, including strategic ports of Odessa and Mariupol in South.
Like the seventh day of war broke out on Wednesday, Russia found itself more and more isolated, prey to the sanctions that have thrown son economy in turmoil and left the country virtually friendless except for a few nations like China, Belarus and North Korea. Russian leader bank Sberbank announced Wednesday he pulls out of European markets face to the tightening of Western sanctions.
As the fighting raged, the humanitarian situation deteriorated. About 660,000 people fled Ukraine, and countless others took refuge underground.
the death the toll was less clear, with neither Russia nor Ukraine publish the number of lost troops. United Nations human rights office said it recorded 136 civilian deaths, although the actual toll is surely far off higher.
A senior western intelligence official estimated that 5,000 Russians soldiers had been captured or killed in greatest war on earth in Europe since World War II.
Numerous military experts fear that Russia will change tactics. that of Moscow strategy in Chechnya and Syria were to use artillery and air bombardments to pulverize the cities and crush the fighters” resolve.
The UK Ministry of Defense said it had seen an increase in Russian air and artillery strikes on populated urban areas over the past two days. This also said Kharkiv and Mariupol were surrounded by Russian forces and troops were reportedly moving towards the center of a third city, Kherson. The Russian Defense Ministry said it seized Kherson, although this claim could not be confirmed.
Ukrainian authorities have declared that five people were killed in the attack on the television tower near the center Kyiv. A TV control room and power substation were hit and at least some Ukrainian channels briefly ceased broadcasting, officials said.
the office of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported that the site of the Babi Yar Holocaust memorial, adjacent to the television tower, was also hit. A spokesperson for the memorial declared a Jewish cemetery on the site, where Nazi occupiers killed more over 33,000 Jews over two days in 1941, was damaged, but the extent would not clear until the day.
Zelenskyy voiced son outrage wednesday face to the attack on Babi Yar and fear that other historical and religious sites, such as Saint Sophia Cathedral, may be targeted.
“It’s beyond humanity. Such a missile strike means that for many Russians our Kyiv is absolutely alien,” Zelenskyy said in a speech posted on Facebook. “They have orders to erase our history, our country and all of us.”
Russia has already said people living near the transmission facilities used by the Ukrainian intelligence agency to leave their homes. But Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said on Wednesday that the airstrike on the tv tower has no hit all apartment buildings. He did not address the reported deaths or damage to Babi Yar.
In Kharkov, with a population of about 1.5 million, at least six people were killed when the regionest administrative building on Liberty Square was hit with What this’on believed to be a missile. The Slovenian Foreign Ministry said that son consulate in Kharkiv, located in another grand building on the placewas destroyed.
the attack on the square – the kernel of public the life in the city – was seen by many Ukrainians as shameless proof that Russia invasion was not just about hitting military targets but also to break their spirit.
The bombardment blew out windows and walls of buildings surrounding the placewhich was stacked with debris and dust. Inside one buildingpieces of plaster was strewn about and doors crossed the hallways.
Another Russian airstrike hit a residential area in the city of Zhytomyr. Ukraine’s emergency services said Tuesday’s strike left at least two people dead and three burned homes and broke the windows in a nearby hospital. About 85 miles (140 kilometers) west of KyivZhytomyr is the home of the elite 95th Air Assault Brigade, which may have been the intended target.
In the south harbor city of Mariupol, the mayor said the attacks were relentless.
“They flattened us nonstop for 12 hours now,” Mariupol Mayor Vadym Boychenko was quoted by Interfax news agency as said. “We can’t even get the injured out of the streets, houses and apartments today, car the bombings don’t stop.”
Boychenko called Russia’s actions “genocide” – using the same word that Putin used to justify invasion.
Zelenskyy mocked Russia’s claim that it only goes after military targets, noting that 16 children were killed on Monday.
“Where are the children? What kind of military do factories do work to?” Zelensky said.
Human Rights Watch said it documented a cluster bomb attack outside a hospital in Eastern Ukraine in The last days. Residents also reported the use of such weapons in Village of Kharkiv and Kiyanka. The Kremlin denies using cluster bombs.
Cluster bombs fire smaller “bomblets” over a grand many areade of which fail explode long after they fall. If their use is confirmed, this would represent a new level of brutality in the war.
the first talks between Russia and Ukraine since invasion took place on Monday, but ended with only an agreement to speak again. On Tuesday, Zelenskyy said that Russia should stop bombing first.
Instead, Moscow made new threats of climbing on Tuesday, days after raising the spectrum of nuclear war. A Kremlin top official warned that the West’s “economic warfare” against Russia could become a “real one.”
Inside Russia, a leading radio station critical of the Kremlin was taken off the air after the authorities threatened to shut this down over son coverage of the invasion. Among other things, the Kremlin does not allow the fights to be called “invasionor “war”.
Ukraine’s Defense Ministry said it had evidence that Belarus, an ally of Russia, was preparing to send troops to Ukraine. A statement from the ministry posted early wednesday on Facebook said Belarusian troops were brought in combat preparation and are concentrated near the northern border of Ukraine. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that son country did not have plans for join the fight.
A senior we defense official says Russia military progress – including by the massive convoy – slowed down, plagued by logistics and supply problems. a little russian military the columns have run out of fuel and food, official said, and morale suffered like a result.
Overall, the Russian military was blocked by fierce resistance on the ground and a surprising inability to completely dominate the airspace of Ukraine.
The huge convoy with vehicles piled up along narrow roads, would apparently be “a big fat target » for Ukrainian forces, senior western intelligence official noted on state of anonymity. But he also showed that Russia was convinced that it would not come attack by air rocket or missile, the official noted.