Dozens of people were killed in rocket strikes by Russian forces on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv on Monday morning, Ukraine claimed on Monday.
“Kharkiv has just been massively fired upon by grads (rockets). Dozens of dead and hundreds of wounded,” he said in a post on Facebook.
Meanwhile, talks between Ukraine and Russia are underway at the Belarussian border. Earlier the Ukrainian president’s office said Ukraine’s goal for the talks was an immediate ceasefire and the withdrawal of Russian forces from Ukraine.
Meanwhile, Russia has said that it does not start wars but ends them.
The Russian department providing the details of advances of Russian forces said that DPR’s forces are close to blocking off Mariupol and have advanced 23km in total. “All settlements secured by the Russian Military are returning to routine schedules,” Russia said.
The MoD stated only military officers and contract servicemen are taking part in the ‘special operation.’
Russia also claimed to destroyed 114 objects of Ukrainian military infrastructure, 31 control points and a communication center. The defence Ministry claimed that Russian armed forces have taken control of Berdyansk, Energodar, and territory around Zaporozhye nuclear power plant
“On Sunday 314 tanks and other armored vehicles, 57 multiple rocket launchers, 121 field artillery and mortars, 274 units of special military vehicles were destroyed, while Russian airforce destroyed, among others, eight guidance stations, four combat aircraft on the ground and one in the air,” Russia said.