Russia attacked the TV tower in Kyiv. All the channels across the country had stopped broadcasting several minutes ago.
Russia attacked the TV tower in Kyiv.
Russia attacked a TV tower in Kyiv, Ukraine, several minutes before TV channels across the country stopped broadcasting. AFP quoted officials as saying that at least five people had been killed.
Earlier, Russia had issued a warning that it would attack Kyiv’s security service headquarters with “high-precision weapons”. Resident People living nearby were asked to evacuate.
Russia said it would launch a strike against the “Information and Psychological Operations Center” in the Ukrainian capital to suppress the number of information attacks on various state institutions and Russian citizens.
Moscow has issued a warning to residents who live close to communication towers near the headquarters in the center of Kyiv and evacuated their homes for their own safety.
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Meanwhile, satellite images taken by US technology firm Maxar Technologies on Monday showed Russia’s 64 kilometer (40 mi) long military convoy On his way to Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine.
The images showed the Russian military convoy moving north of Kyiv and much longer than previously reported.
The huge convoy consisted of armored vehicles, tanks, artillery and auxiliary vehicles. According to the latest update, the convoy was 17 miles (25 kilometers) from the center of Kyiv.
Second round of talks between Russia, Ukraine on March 2
A second round of talks between Russia and Ukraine is planned for March 2, news agency Reuters reported on Tuesday, citing Russia’s TASS, who cited a source on the Russian side.
After the meeting the two sides decided to meet again First round of talks on Monday did not give any concrete results. The first round of talks lasted nearly five hours on Monday in the Belarusian border city of Gomel.
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