Ukrainian families say goodbye to loved ones amid war with Russia 2:14
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday ordered his country's deterrent forces, which include nuclear weapons, to go on full alert as Ukrainian forces clashed with Russian troops in multiple battles. Ukrainian cities.
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The Russian president's move comes in the face of universal condemnation from Western powers for Moscow's unprovoked attack on Ukraine, now in its fourth day.
"Senior officials of the main NATO countries have been allowed to make aggressive comments about our country, for which I order the Minister of Defense and the chief of the General Staff to put the Russian Army Deterrence Force on combat alert," Putin said in a televised meeting with senior Russian defense officials.
Putin also said that Western sanctions imposed on Russia were illegal.
Talks between Russia and Ukraine
Meanwhile, the office of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that a Ukrainian delegation would meet with a Russian delegation for talks at the Ukraine-Belarus border, following assurances given by Belarusian President Aleksander Lukashenko.
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Zelensky had previously said that he would be willing to hold talks with Russia, but not in Belarus, noting that Russian military actions are launched from that country.
Ukraine declared that its air force shot down on Sunday a cruise missile launched against Kyiv from Belarus, a country allied with Russia and which has played a major role in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Zelensky's office said Lukashenko had called his Ukrainian counterpart on Sunday.
"Politicians have agreed that the Ukrainian delegation will meet the Russian one without preconditions at the Ukrainian-Belarusian border near the Pripyat River," Zelensky's office said.
"Aleksander Lukashenko has taken responsibility for ensuring that all planes, helicopters and missiles stationed on Belarusian territory remain on the ground during the trip, meeting and return of the Ukrainian delegation."
The turn to talks comes as the conflict continues to rage in Ukraine.
Russia still does not control key cities in Ukraine
Video shows Ukrainian trying to block Russian tank with his body 2:06
Early on Sunday, residents of the Ukrainian capital Kyiv awoke to find the city remained firmly under Ukrainian control, despite two massive explosions some 30 kilometers south of the city that lit up the night sky. .
And fighting erupted in the streets of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, after Russian forces entered the city, Oleh Synehubov, head of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration, said on Sunday.
"Don't come out of your shelters!" he posted on Facebook, warning civilians not to go outside.
"Heavy rocket artillery exchanges overnight have been followed by heavy fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces in Kharkiv," a UK Ministry of Defense assessment said.
Ukrainian forces had managed to deter Russians from entering the northeastern city, home to some 1.4 million people, over the past three days.
The city, located less than 30 kilometers south of the Russian border, was stormed by Russian forces shortly after the invasion began.
But despite being much better equipped, Russia has failed to gain control of key cities, as ordinary Ukrainians and reserves join the effort to defend their homes and families.
Others flee the conflict.
The UN estimates that up to 368,000 Ukrainians are now refugees.
Ukraine accuses Russia of attacking civilians
In a video message on Sunday, Zelensky accused Russian troops of targeting civilians, including children, and called for an international investigation into the conflict.
The Russian Defense Ministry earlier said in a statement that the attacks were aimed only at military infrastructure: "The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation do not attack cities and towns, they take all measures to save the lives of civilians."
But Zelensky rejected this, saying: "They lied when they said they would not attack the civilian population. Since the first hours of the invasion, Russian troops have attacked civilian infrastructure."
Ukraine is "documenting its crimes," he said, adding: "This is terror."
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A screenshot from a video shows a burning Russian armored vehicle after it was destroyed by Ukrainian forces in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on February 27.
Street clashes broke out as Russian troops entered Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, and residents were urged to stay in shelters and not travel.
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Ukrainian troops escort a man they suspect to be a Russian agent in Kyiv, Ukraine, on February 27.
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A general view of the city of Kyiv, Ukraine, on Sunday, February 27.
Mayor Vitali Klitschko extended the citywide curfew until Monday morning.
The curfew will be extended from 5 pm to 8 am local time "for a more effective defense of the capital and the safety of its inhabitants."
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An explosion lit up the sky south of Kyiv, Ukraine, early on Sunday, February 27.
That and another large explosion appeared to have occurred around Vasylkil, which has a large military airfield and multiple fuel tanks and is about 30 kilometers south of Kyiv.
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Ukrainian service members take shelter at Vasylkiv Air Base near Kyiv, Ukraine, on Saturday, February 26.
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During an air raid alert in Kyiv on February 27, a woman sleeps on chairs in the underground parking lot of a hotel that has been turned into a bomb shelter.
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People in Kyiv run for cover during shelling on Saturday, February 26.
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A photo taken from video shows a man facing a Russian tank along a highway in Bakhmach, just over 110 miles northeast of the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv, on Saturday, February 26, 2022. (From Telegram )
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Ukrainian service members are seen in Kyiv on the morning of February 26 after fighting with the Russians in the capital.
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A police vehicle patrols the streets of Kyiv on February 26.
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People in Kyiv take cover as an air-raid siren sounds on February 26 near an apartment building damaged by shelling.
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Ukrainian service members take up positions at the Vasylkiv military air base on February 26.
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This apartment building in Kyiv was damaged by shelling on February 26.
Exterior walls of several apartment units appeared to have been completely blown away, with blackened interiors and loose debris.
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Members of the Territorial Defense Force – Ukraine's military reserve – prepare to defend Kyiv on February 26.
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People in Kyiv board a train heading to the west of the country on February 26.
Kelly Clements, the United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Refugees, told CNN that more than 120,000 people had left Ukraine while 850,000 were internally displaced.
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Smoke and flames are seen near Kyiv on February 26.
Explosions have been seen and heard in parts of the capital as Ukrainians struggle to contain advancing Russian troops.
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Ukrainian service members collect unexploded ordnance after fighting with advancing Russian troops in Kyiv early on February 26.
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People cross from Ukraine into Poland at the Korczowa-Krakovets border crossing on February 26.
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky posted a video on Facebook on Friday, February 25, vowing to defend the country from him as he stood on a Kyiv street with other leaders of his administration.
"We're all here," he said.
"Our army is here. Citizens and society are here. We are all here defending our independence, our state and it will remain so. Glory to our defenders! Glory to our defenders! Glory to Ukraine!"
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A woman and her child look out from a train leaving the Kyiv railway station as they travel to Lviv on February 25.
As Russian troops advance on Kyiv, many people are heading to Lviv, a city in Ukraine near the Polish border.
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People walk past a residential building in Kiev that was targeted in a suspected Russian airstrike on February 25.
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The body of a Russian soldier lies next to a Russian vehicle on the outskirts of Kharkiv, Ukraine, on February 25.
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A woman cries in her car after crossing the border from Ukraine to Sighetu Marmatiei, Romania, on February 25.
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A Ukrainian soldier wounded by crossfire inside Kyiv on February 25.
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A child from Ukraine sleeps in a tent at a humanitarian center in Palanca, Moldova, on February 25.
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At dawn on February 24, 2022, explosions rang out in several Ukrainian cities, including the capital Kyiv, in a wide-ranging attack by the Russian military.
In this photo, people assess damage to an apartment block following a suspected rocket attack on a residential section of Kyiv, Ukraine, on February 25.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy made a statement from Kyiv, Ukraine on February 25.
Zelensky opened his brief speech by saying that it was the "second morning of total war."
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A Ukrainian firefighter walks through the wreckage of a downed plane in Kyiv, Ukraine, on February 25.
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Ukrainian residents take shelter in an underground parking lot in Kyiv on February 25.
A CNN crew in the Ukrainian capital reported hearing two large explosions in central Kyiv and a third loud explosion in the distance on Friday morning.
city of Chuhuiv, outside Kharkiv, on Thursday, February 24.
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An injured Ukrainian woman waits outside a hospital after the Russian attack in the western Ukrainian city of Chuhuiv, outside Kharkiv.
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A rocket remains in a room in an apartment building after recent shelling by Russia in northern Kharkiv, Ukraine, on February 24.
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A boy plays with his tablet in a public basement used as a bomb shelter in Kyiv on February 24.
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A man cries after an airstrike hit an apartment complex in Chuhuiv on February 24.
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Rescuers work at the crash site after a Ukrainian military plane went down and caught fire on February 24 outside Kyiv, according to Ukraine's State Emergency Service.
The cause of the accident was not indicated.
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Sviatoslav Fursin, left, and Yarina Arieva kneel during their wedding ceremony at Saint Michael's Cathedral in Kyiv on February 24.
They had planned to get married in May, but were rushed to marry due to attacks by Russian forces.
"Maybe we can die, and we just wanted to be together before all that," Arieva said.
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Ukrainian servicemen sit on top of armored vehicles driving along a highway in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine on February 24.
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People in Kyiv try to board a bus to travel west to Poland on February 24.
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US President Joe Biden arrives in the East Room of the White House to address the Russian invasion of Ukraine on February 24.
"Putin is the aggressor. Putin chose this war. And now he and his country will bear the consequences," Biden said, laying out a set of measures that "will impose a severe cost on the Russian economy, both immediately and eventually." weather".
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A column of smoke rises from the military airport in Chuhuiv, Ukraine, on February 24.
Airports were also attacked in Boryspil, Kharkiv, Ozerne, Kulbakino, Kramatorsk and Chornobaivka.
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People seek shelter inside the Kharkiv metro station on February 24.
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Russian military vehicles were seen at the Chernobyl power plant near Pripyat, Ukraine, on February 24.
Russian forces have taken control of the plant, the site of the world's worst nuclear disaster, according to the agency that manages the area.
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Firefighters try to extinguish a fire after a reported attack in the eastern Ukrainian city of Chuhuiv on February 24.
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A group of people wait after boarding a bus to leave Kyiv on February 24.
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during an emergency meeting in Kyiv on February 24.
In a video address, Zelensky announced that he was introducing martial law and urged people to remain calm.
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Police officers inspect the remains of a missile that landed in Kyiv on February 24.
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A staff member at a hotel in Kyiv talks over the phone on February 24.
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A group of people wait in line to buy train tickets at Kyiv's central station on February 24.
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A long line of cars try to leave Kyiv on February 24.
Heavy traffic appeared to be heading west, away from where explosions were heard in the early morning.
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A photo provided by the Ukrainian president's office appears to show an explosion in Kyiv in the early hours of February 24.
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A televised speech by Russian President Vladimir Putin is seen in Moscow as he announces a military operation in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine on February 24.
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An emergency meeting of the UN Security Council in New York to discuss the current crisis on Wednesday, February 23.
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A convoy of Russian military vehicles is seen on February 23 in Russia's Rostov region, which straddles Ukraine's eastern border.
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Ukrainian soldiers speak at a frontline shelter near Svitlodarsk, Ukraine, on February 23.
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Smoke rises from a damaged power plant in Shchastya which Ukrainian authorities say was hit by shelling on Tuesday, February 22.
Amid continued reports of ceasefire violations, Ukraine's Defense Ministry said the city of Shchastya has suffered some of the heaviest shelling.
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These people try to fix a house damaged after shelling near the frontline town of Novoluhanske in Ukraine's Donetsk region on February 22.
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Mourners gather at a church in Kyiv on February 22 for the funeral of Ukrainian army captain Anton Sydorov.
The Ukrainian military said he died of a shrapnel wound on February 19 after several rounds of artillery fire were directed at Ukrainian positions near Myronivske.
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Ukrainian soldiers pay their respects during Sydorov's funeral in Kyiv on February 22.
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A billboard displays conversion rates at a currency exchange kiosk in Kyiv on February 22.
World markets plunged the day after Putin ordered troops into parts of eastern Ukraine.
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Russian howitzers are loaded onto train cars near Taganrog, Russia, on February 22.
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People who have fled a separatist-controlled region in eastern Ukraine watch a Putin speech from his hotel room in Taganrog, Russia, on Monday, February 21.
Putin criticized Kyiv's growing security ties with the West, and in lengthy comments on the history of the USSR and the formation of the Ukrainian SSR, he appeared to cast doubt on Ukraine's right to self-determination.
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Putin signs decrees recognizing the Donetsk People's Republic and the Lugansk People's Republic at a ceremony in Moscow on February 21.
Earlier in the day, the heads of the self-proclaimed pro-Russian republics petitioned the Kremlin leader to recognize their independence and sovereignty.
Members of Putin's Security Council supported the initiative at a meeting earlier in the day.
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Protesters demand economic sanctions against Russia in front of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Kyiv on February 21.
There was only a small number of protesters.
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Activists stage a performance in front of the Russian embassy in Kyiv on February 21 in support of prisoners who were arrested in Crimea.
They say the red doors are symbolic of the doors that were kicked open to search for and arrest Crimean Tatars, an ethnic Muslim minority.
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Ukrainian servicemen shop in the frontline city of Avdiivka, Ukraine, on February 21.
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People lay flowers at the Motherland Monument in Kyiv on February 21.
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A local resident shows the depth of a shelling crater in a field behind his house in the village of Tamarchuk, Ukraine, on Sunday, February 20.
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Ukrainian service members at the front line outside Popasna, Ukraine, on February 20.
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Evacuees from Ukraine's pro-Russian breakaway regions are seen at a temporary shelter in Taganrog, Russia, on February 20.
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Anastasia Manha lulls her two-year-old son Mykyta to sleep after the alleged bombing by separatist forces in Novohnativka, Ukraine, on February 20.
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A Ukrainian soldier stands in position on the front line near Novohnativka on February 20.
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A wedding couple arrive at the Odessa city hall to get married on February 20.
As Ukrainian authorities denounced new ceasefire violations and senior Western officials warned of impending conflict, life went on in other parts of the country.
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Ukraine's Interior Minister Denys Monastyrskiy, left, visits soldiers at a frontline position in Novoluhanske on Saturday, February 19.
Minutes after his departure, the position was attacked.
No one was injured.
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A woman rests in a car near a border checkpoint in Avilo-Uspenka, Russia, on February 19.
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Russian offensive is failing, says Ukraine's PM
On Saturday, Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said the Russian offensive was failing and was now deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure, including kindergartens, apartment blocks and "buses with children," calling it "war crimes." ".
"The Russian government does not understand that they are not fighting only with the government, in fact they are fighting against the entire Ukrainian people," he added.
Russian troops are facing determined and highly motivated Ukrainian resistance, leading to a significantly slower advance than Kremlin military planners had originally envisioned, according to an assessment released by the British Ministry of Defense at the latest. of Saturday.
After meeting heavy resistance in Chernihiv, Russian forces were avoiding the area to prioritize "encircling and isolating Kyiv", another British assessment said on Sunday.
Russia has faced unexpected difficulties in supplying its forces, suffering more personnel, armor and aircraft losses than expected, two senior US officials with direct knowledge told CNN.
El general de división ucraniano Borys Kremenetsky dijo a los periodistas el sábado que Ucrania había capturado a unos 200 soldados rusos, algunos de los cuales tenían solo 19 años. No estaban entrenados en absoluto y estaban mal equipados, dijo. CNN no ha podido verificar esto de forma independiente.
Rusia todavía tiene que establecer la supremacía aérea sobre Ucrania, dijo un funcionario estadounidense, ya que la Fuerza Aérea ucraniana y los sistemas de defensa aérea luchan por el control del espacio aéreo. Sin un control indiscutible de los cielos, resulta más difícil para un ejército en movimiento ver y atacar objetivos desde el aire.
Hasta ahora, estos obstáculos han impedido el rápido derrocamiento de las principales ciudades ucranianas, incluida la capital, que los funcionarios estadounidenses temían que pudiera producirse en cuestión de días. La ciudad de Járkiv, cerca de la frontera de Ucrania con Rusia, tampoco ha caído en manos de las fuerzas invasoras, a pesar de que a los funcionarios les preocupaba que eso pudiera ocurrir en la primera noche de una invasión.
Un funcionario de la OTAN coincidió en que las fuerzas rusas estaban teniendo problemas.
"Les falta diésel, avanzan con demasiada lentitud y la moral es obviamente un problema", dijo el funcionario.
Cuando se le preguntó si era probable que los rusos intensificaran sus esfuerzos, el funcionario dijo que no tenían otra opción. "Están muy retrasados", dijo el funcionario. "Esto se les está yendo de las manos, cada día adicional es muy doloroso".
Los rusos refutan los informes
Pero los rusos refutaron este domingo los informes sobre su estancamiento militar, afirmando que las ciudades de Kherson y Berdyansk "estaban completamente bloqueadas" por las fuerzas rusas, y que la ciudad de Henichesk y el aeródromo de Chornobayivka, cerca de Kherson, también conocido como Chernobayevka, habían sido puestos bajo control.
Major General Igor Konashenkov, a spokesman for the Russian Defense Ministry, said a Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile regiment had surrendered in the Kharkiv region and 471 Ukrainian servicemen had been captured.
CNN could not immediately verify these claims.
Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said on Sunday that checkpoints would be set up across the country to detect Russian troops and hinder their movements.
This, he said, was "a necessary security measure that will save many lives."
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War crimes accusations
Concerns are now growing that Russia may attempt to deploy indiscriminate battlefield weaponry in civilian areas in an attempt to decisively crush Ukrainian forces.
Un equipo de CNN avistó a primera hora de la tarde del sábado un lanzador ruso de cohetes múltiples termobáricos al sur de Belgorod (Rusia), cerca de la frontera ucraniana.
Las armas termobáricas se han utilizado en Chechenia, con horribles consecuencias, según Human Rights Watch, y su uso ha sido condenado por varias organizaciones no gubernamentales.
No hay pruebas de que se hayan utilizado armas termobáricas en el conflicto de Ucrania.
Aunque Rusia afirma que no está atacando infraestructuras civiles, cada vez hay más pruebas sobre el terreno que sugieren lo contrario.
Ucrania informó de la muerte de varios civiles, entre ellos un niño de 6 años que falleció el sábado por la noche a causa de un intenso tiroteo en un distrito del oeste de Kyiv, según un hospital local.
Una mujer murió después de que un edificio residencial de nueve pisos en la ciudad oriental de Járkiv fuera alcanzado por "artillería enemiga" el sábado por la noche, según el Servicio Estatal de Emergencias de Ucrania.
Y el sábado un gran bloque de apartamentos residencial en el oeste de Kyiv fue alcanzado por lo que un ministro del gobierno ucraniano describió como un misil ruso, mientras los residentes de toda la ciudad se veían obligados a buscar refugio tras una noche aterradora salpicada de disparos y explosiones.
La Oficina de la ONU para la Coordinación de Asuntos Humanitarios declaró a última hora del sábado que las Naciones Unidas "informan de al menos 240 víctimas civiles, incluidas al menos 64 personas muertas" en los combates en Ucrania. Los daños en las infraestructuras civiles han privado a cientos de miles de personas del acceso a la electricidad o al agua, añadió el comunicado.
La guardia fronteriza polaca dijo el sábado que 100.000 personas habían entrado en Polonia desde Ucrania desde que comenzó la invasión el jueves.
Una Ucrania desafiante
Mientras la batalla continúa, un desafiante Zelensky publicó una serie de videos desde las calles de Kyiv instando a los ciudadanos a defender su país.
Authorities armed reservists with 18,000 weapons and ammunition in Kyiv alone, and Ukrainian television broadcast instructions for making Molotov cocktails.
Ukrainian men between the ages of 18 and 60 are prohibited from leaving the country.
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"Every Ukrainian should have one thing in mind: If you can stop and destroy the occupiers, do it. Everyone who can come back to Ukraine, come back to defend Ukraine," Zelensky said in a video message on Saturday.
In a statement on Sunday, Zelensky called on world citizens to join the fight against "Russian war criminals."
"Esto no es solo la invasión de Rusia a Ucrania. Esto es el comienzo de una guerra contra Europa, contra las estructuras europeas, contra la democracia, contra los derechos humanos básicos, contra un orden global de ley, reglas y coexistencia pacífica", dijo.
Las potencias occidentales han impuesto varias rondas de sanciones contra Rusia desde el jueves, y se están estudiando más. El sábado, Estados Unidos, la Unión Europea, el Reino Unido y Canadá dijeron que expulsarían a algunos bancos rusos de SWIFT, un servicio mundial de mensajería financiera, y "paralizarían" los activos del banco central de Rusia.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz promised on Sunday that "very soon the Russian leadership will feel the high price they will have to pay" for the invasion of Ukraine, announcing that he would increase German military funding during a special session with lawmakers.
Germany, France and Italy said they would close their airspace to Russian planes starting Sunday, following the example of other European nations.
Controlling the narrative in Russia
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At home, the Kremlin appears to be in damage control, trying to limit reporting on the difficulties its forces are facing in Ukraine.
The social media platform Twitter said on Saturday that it is being restricted within Russia and that it is working to fix the problem.
Según la evaluación emitida por el Ministerio de Defensa británico a última hora del sábado, el gobierno de Rusia habría restringido el acceso a una serie de plataformas de medios sociales en un "probable intento de ocultar detalles sobre la situación en Ucrania a su propio pueblo".
El organismo regulador de los medios de comunicación de Rusia comunicó a 10 medios que restringiría el acceso a sus publicaciones a menos que dejaran de difundir "información falsa", como el bombardeo de ciudades ucranianas y la muerte de civiles causada por las fuerzas armadas rusas.
Opposition to the war is also being restrained in the country.
More than 2,600 people have been detained in Russia after taking part in anti-war protests, according to the independent protest-tracking site OVD-Info.
At least 1,370 of them were arrested in protests in Moscow, according to the same site.
CNN's Tim Lister and Ivana Kottasova reported from Kyiv. CNN's Victoria Butenko, Nathan Hodge, Josh Campbell, Jonny Hallam, Jim Sciutto, Oren Liebermann, Mia Alberti, Olena Mankovska, Anna Chernova, Vasco Cotovio, Frederik Pleitgen, Ruba Alhenawi and Olga Voitovich contributed to this report.
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