On Tuesday, the Russian military operation in Ukraine entered its sixth day, while Russian air raids were renewed on the cities of Kyiv, Kharkiv and Kherson, according to what Al-Arabiya and Al-Hadath correspondent reported in the Ukrainian capital. He also indicated that a Russian air landing attempt took place this morning north of Kyiv.
The latest developments also indicated that New Russian crowd on the way to Kyiv In conjunction with continuous political efforts to impose more sanctions on Russia in order to stop the war.
In a remarkable development, Russian media reported that “Russian defenses shot down a missile targeting an airport in Rostov Province.”
While the sections coming from Ukraine showed missile launchers in the vicinity of Kyiv, the Russian army reached the city of Kherson in southern Ukraine, near the Crimean peninsula under the control of Moscow, and set up checkpoints on its outskirts, according to what the mayor announced. At the same time, a regional governor announced on Facebook that more than 70 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed in a Russian bombing of the town of Okhtyrka.
Oleg Senegubov, head of Ukraine’s Kharkiv region, said that the Russian missile attacks hit the center of Ukraine’s second largest city, including residential areas and the administration building.
While Ukraine announced the killing of dozens of civilians, the separatists in Donetsk announced that the region had been subjected to Ukrainian shelling targeting civilians and vital installations in the Donbass region. The official Ukraine News Agency reported that Russia had bombed a women’s clinic in Kyiv. The Ukrainian army also confirmed that Russia bombed the country with 113 “Iskander” missiles.
In Washington, Democratic Senator Chris Murphy said following a secret briefing: “The battle in Ukraine will be bloody and long,” while Republican Senator Graham called for sanctions on the Russian oil sector. White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki pointed out that The United States does not see a nuclear war on the horizonstressing that it will not raise the state of high alert.
This comes as the Interfax news agency quoted the Russian Eastern Military District as saying, on Tuesday, that Russian forces stationed in the far east of the country will conduct exercises in the Astrakhan region, which lies on the border between the European and Asian parts of Russia.
The region’s command said the forces would train in long-distance movements of military units, among other tasks.
In Moscow, according to the Russian “TASS” agency, the Ministry of Defense proposed granting “veteran’s” privileges to servicemen participating in the Russian special operation in Ukraine.
“The estimated budget expenditures for these purposes in 2022 will amount to more than 5 billion rubles,” a bill submitted to Parliament stated.
Satellite images showed a Russian military convoy more than 60 km north of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv.
The company, “Maxar Technologies”, said that the satellites were detected The military convoy moved 64 km north of Kyiv Plus another convoy. It also monitored the deployment of helicopter units comprising ground offensive forces in southern Belarus, less than 32 km north of the Ukrainian border.
This, and a circulating video showed what is believed to be Chechen forces moving towards the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. On Tuesday, the Chechen president confirmed the killing of two of his soldiers in Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said: It’s time to consider imposing a no-fly zone on Russian planes and helicopters In response to the bombing of the city of Kharkiv.
Zelensky also called for Russia to be banned from all ports and airports in the world, noting that “in five days, the Russian forces carried out 56 missile attacks and committed war crimes, and they should not be a permanent member of the Security Council.”
