War in Ukraine: Several cities under fire - the night at a glance
Created: 2022-03-02 07:52
Fighting continues in Ukraine, the West is intensifying its action against the Russian war of aggression.
An overview of what happened on Wednesday night.
Kyiv/Washington - The war in Ukraine continues unabated.
While it was relatively quiet in the capital Kyiv on Wednesday night, attacks by Russian troops and fighting from several other cities were reported.
The second largest city in the country is particularly hard fought in the Ukraine conflict.
According to a media report, Russian soldiers attacked a military medical center in Kharkiv.
The Unian agency reported that there was a fight with Ukrainian units.
At Kharkiv, the Ukrainians managed to capture six new Russian T-80BWM tanks.
Ukraine News: Killed in Russian attacks in Kherson and Zhytomyr
According to the Ukrinform agency, a Russian tank fired into a building of the Ukrainian secret service SBU in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson.
Interior Ministry adviser Anton Herashchenko spoke of numerous dead civilians who had defended Kherson with Molotov cocktails, among other things.
The city tour said that Russian soldiers had taken the port and the train station.
There have been numerous deaths and injuries among Ukrainian soldiers and civilians.
According to the authorities, two people were killed and ten injured in an air raid in the city of Zhytomyr, around 140 kilometers west of Kyiv.
The attack was aimed at the 95th Brigade of the Ukrainian Army.
Presumably Russian Kalibr cruise missiles would have damaged several buildings.
The information about the combat operations could not be verified by an independent party.
War in Ukraine: The USA also closes airspace for Russian aircraft
After the European Union and Canada, the United States will also close its airspace to Russian aircraft as a result of the Ukraine crisis.
This will further isolate Russia and further increase the economic cost to Moscow, US President Joe Biden said.
"Russia's economy is reeling - and Putin is solely to blame for that," he stressed.
Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden vowed to continue taking a hard line against Russia's war of aggression in Ukraine.
"When dictators don't pay a price for their aggression, they cause more chaos," Biden said in his first State of the Union address in Washington.
"Putin may encircle Kyiv with tanks, but he will never win the hearts and souls of Ukrainians." The Russian president will also "never weaken the resolve of the free world."
Ukraine live: Turkey slows down Russian warships
Turkey prevented Russia's attempt to bring more warships through the Turkish Straits into the Black Sea.
Moscow has submitted requests for passage for ships and withdrawn them after the Turkish side asked them to do so, Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu told the Istanbul daily Habertürk.
According to dpa information, the EU states agreed to exclude seven Russian banks from the Swift banking communication network.
You will no longer be able to make international payments.
The largest Russian bank Sberbank is not one of them.
Russia invasion of Ukraine: Federal government buys gas for 1.5 billion euros
In response to gas problems in the winter and the Russian attack on Ukraine, the federal government bought gas for 1.5 billion euros as a reserve for the near future.
Government circles confirmed a corresponding report by the news portal
The Pioneer
.
Apple is suspending sales of its devices in Russia in response to the escalation in the Ukraine conflict.
The iPhone group has announced that no products have been exported to the retail channels since last week.
Services like Apple Pay are also restricted in the country.
The second largest US carmaker Ford is withdrawing from Russia until further notice.