Day 13 of Russia’s war on Ukraine: - UN confirms 474 civilians killed, working to verify more deaths - Kharkiv nuclear centre hit but no “radiological” impact - Shelling on Mariupol escape route, says Ukraine president office 👉
A temporary cease-fire between the forces of Moscow and Kiev has been declared to evacuate civilians from five major cities in Ukraine including the capital.
"Enemy planes insidiously attacked apartment buildings" on Monday night, the rescue services said on Telegram after arriving on the scene at 11PM. Sumy, near the Russian border, has been the scene of heavy fighting for days.Russia's President Vladimir Putin is a spent force in the world whatever happens in Ukraine, British Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has said.
In Sumy and Okhtyrka, to the east of Kiev near the Russian border, bombs fell on residential buildings and destroyed a power plant, regional leader Dmytro Zhivitsky said. He said there were dead and wounded but gave no figures. The International Atomic Energy Agency has said it has received reports of artillery shells damaging a nuclear research facility in Ukraine's besieged second city Kharkiv, but there was no "radiological consequence".