Russia-Ukraine war has reached a new level. Dozens killed & hundreds injured after Russian Grad rockets struck residential areas of Kharkiv.
Russia-Ukraine crisis Live: 70 Ukrainian soldiers killed after Russian artillery hits military base.
Russia Ukraine Crisis Live: More than 70 Ukrainian soldiers were killed after Russian artillery hit a military base in Okhtyrka, a city between Kharkiv and Kyiv, reported news agency Associated Press citing the head of the region. This follows Moscow’s shelling of Ukraine’s second-largest city Monday, rocking a residential neighbourhood, and closed in on the capital, Kyiv, as talks aimed at stopping the fighting yielded only an agreement to keep talking.
Amid ever-growing international condemnation, Russia found itself increasingly isolated five days into its invasion, while also facing unexpectedly fierce resistance on the ground in Ukraine and economic havoc at home. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said the government is working to ensure that all Indians in Ukraine are safe. He said India will also help people from neighbouring and developing countries who are stranded in the eastern European nation.
The UN has said that at least 102 civilians, including seven children, have died in Ukraine since the Russian invasion began. Meanwhile, an embattled Ukraine moved to solidify its ties to the West by applying to join the European Union, a largely symbolic move for now.
Just in: 70 Ukrainian soldiers killed by Russian artillery
More than 70 Ukrainian soldiers were killed after Russian artillery hit a military base in Okhtyrka, a city between Kharkiv and Kyiv, the head of the region wrote on Telegram.
Dmytro Zhyvytskyy posted photographs of the charred shell of a four-story building and rescuers searching rubble. In a later Facebook post, he said many Russian soldiers and some local residents also were killed during the fighting on Sunday. The report could not immediately be confirmed.
Ukraine-Russia War Live: Russia Shells Ukraine City, No Breakthrough In Talks
Ukraine-Russia War: After their first talks since the war started failed to secure a breakthrough Monday, Russia continued to target residential areas.
Russia shelled the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv as it pressed on with its invasion Tuesday, defying mounting global pressure that saw a war crimes probe opened against Moscow, sanctions smash its economy and FIFA ban it from the World Cup.
After their first talks since the war started failed to secure a breakthrough Monday, Russia continued to target residential areas and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called for a global ban on Russian planes and ships.
As part of its latest round of punishment over the Ukraine invasion, the European Union has added top Kremlin-linked oligarchs and Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman to its sanctions blacklist.
More than 350 civilians, including 14 children, have been killed during the invasion, according to Ukraine, while more than a half a million people have fled the country.
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