Russian forces are bombarding Ukrainian cities, deepening the humanitarian crisis, as the countries kept open a narrow diplomatic channel with more planned talks. Large explosions thundered across Kyiv as Moscow pressed its advance on multiple fronts.
The two sides had expressed some optimism in the past few days. Mykhailo Podolyak, the aide to Zelenskyy, tweeted that the negotiators would discuss “peace, cease-fire, immediate withdrawal of troops & security guarantees.”
The Ukrainian military said in a statement that the Kyiv explosions were artillery strikes. They hit the Svyatoshynskyi district of western Kyiv, adjacent to the suburb of Irpin that has seen some of the worst battles of the war.Flames shot out of the apartment building as firefighters rescued people from ladders. Smoke choked the air. A firefighter at the scene confirmed one person had died and that several others were rescued, but that others remained inside as rescuers try to reach them.
But overall, nearly all of the Russian military offensives remained stalled after making little progress over the weekend, according to a senior U.S. defense official who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the Pentagon’s assessment. Russian troops were still about 15 kilometers from the center of Kyiv, the official said.
Russian artillery fire also hit a nine-story apartment building in the northern Obolonskyi district of the city, killing two more people, authorities said. In an area outside Kyiv, Fox News reporter Benjamin Hall was injured while reporting and was hospitalized, the network said.. The OVD-Info website that monitors political arrests said she was a Channel 1 employee who taken into police custody.Airstrikes were reported across the country, including the southern city of Mykolaiv, and the northern city of Chernihiv, where heat was knocked out to most of the town.
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