Sunday, March 6, 2022
Ukraine’s Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said Saturday that Russian forces have “advanced in some directions” but that Ukrainian defenders are “countering and ousting the occupiers.”
“Obviously, the enemy has advanced in some directions, however, it controls only small areas. Our defenders are severely countering and ousting the occupiers,” he said in a statement, adding that because of the “slow-down of the offensive pace and resistance of the Ukrainians, Russia is changing tactics.”
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Saturday, March 5, 2022
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Russian forces in Ukraine seized Europe’s biggest nuclear power plant on Friday in an assault that caused alarm around the world and that Washington said had risked catastrophe, although officials said later that the facility was now safe.
Fighting also raged elsewhere in Ukraine as troops besieged and bombarded several cities in the second week of an invasion launched by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Friday, March 4, 2022
Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed no let-up in his invasion of Ukraine on Thursday, even as the warring sides met for ceasefire talks and Kyiv demanded safe passage for besieged civilians.
After the fall of a first major Ukrainian city to Russian forces, Putin appeared in no mood to heed a global clamour for hostilities to end as the war entered its second week.
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Wednesday, March 2, 2022
A massive, 40-mile convoy of Russian tanks and vehicles appeared to bog down on its push toward the capital of Kyiv on Tuesday while residential areas of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, were being pounded by Russian shells.
The Russian military advance drew to within 15 miles of Kyiv’s center amid signs that troops are running out of gas and food, a senior U.S. Defense Department official said Tuesday. Russia has committed about 80% of the combat force President Vladimir Putin deployed to invade Ukraine, the official said.
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Tuesday, March 1, 2022
The Russian military have launched missile strikes on Vasylkiv, Bila Tserkva and Kalynivka, which are situated in Kyiv Region.
The relevant statement was made by the Ukrainian State Emergency Service, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
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