Russian attack on two residential buildings in Kyiv’s Sviatoshynskyi district in the early hours of this morning has killed at least two people, according to the State Emergency Service of Ukraine.
Shockwaves from an explosion also damaged the entry to a downtown subway station that has been used as a bomb shelter. City authorities tweeted an image of the blown-out facade, saying trains would no longer stop at the station.
Four people have been killed following a Russian attack in Rubizhne.
Serhiy Haidai, the governor of Luhansk Oblast, said that Russian forces destroyed three school buildings along with a boarding school for visually impaired children and a hospital in the city of Rubizhne.
Meanwhile there are reports that Russian forces have been shooting at evacuating civilians in Hostomel.
According to National Police, the first 10 buses of evacuees safely left the town, when Russians opened fire on the next four buses. One woman was killed, two men injured as a result of attack.
Civilians in 2,000 cars fled Mariupol along a humanitarian corridor in what was believed to be the biggest evacuation yet from the desperately besieged seaport.
As Russia stepped up its assault on Kyiv, the leaders of Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovenia announced they would travel to Ukraine’s capital Tuesday on a European Union mission to show support for the country
Oleksandra Kuvshynova a Ukrainian reporter and Fox news cameraman Pierre Zakrzewski were killed while reporting in Horenka, outside of Kyiv. Reporter Benjamin Hall was injured and has been hospitalized.
