Ukraine Says 8 Dead In Russia Strike On Housing Block In Kharkiv: 10 Facts

Ukraine war: Russian artillery attacked several residential areas in Ukraine's second largest city Kharkiv. At least 11 civilians have been killed in the ongoing shelling of Kharkiv.

Ukraine war: Russia has acknowledged for the first time that it has suffered losses.

New Delhi: A second round of talks between Russia and Ukraine will be held tomorrow, two days after the first round of negotiations produced no tangible results. As the war rages in Ukraine, an Indian student was killed today in Kharkiv in Russian shelling.

Here are the 10 latest developments:

  1. Ukraine said this evening eight people died in a Russian strike on a housing block in its second-largest city Kharkiv.

  2. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky urged the European Union to prove that it sided with Ukraine in its war with Russia and a day after signing a request to join the bloc. "The EU is going to be much stronger with us, that's for sure," he said.

  3. "Without you, Ukraine is going to be lonesome," Mr Zelensky told the European Parliament by video link. "We're fighting for our land and our freedom despite the fact that all our cities are now blocked. Nobody is going to break us, we are strong, we are Ukrainians," he said.

  4. "Do prove that you are with us. Do prove that you will not let us go. Do prove that you are indeed Europeans and then life will win over death and light will win over darkness. Glory be to Ukraine," he continued.

  5. An Indian student was killed in shelling in Ukraine this morning, the Ministry of External Affairs has said. The student, from Karnataka's Haveri, died when Russian soldiers blew up a government building on Tuesday. Russian artillery attacked several residential areas in Ukraine's second largest city Kharkiv.

  6. An apparent Russian airstrike hit Kyiv's main television tower in the heart of the Ukrainian capital on Tuesday, knocking out some state broadcasting but leaving the structure intact. After a blast sounded around the city and smoke was seen rising in the Babi Yar district, the interior ministry said equipment had been damaged and "channels won't work for a while", news agency AFP reported.

  7. Kyiv says 352 civilians have been killed, including 14 children, since the invasion began last Thursday. Russia has acknowledged for the first time that it has suffered losses.

  8. More than half a million people have fled Ukraine since the start of Russia's invasion, UN's refugee arm said. Latest satellite images show a 64-kilometres long convoy of the Russian army north of Ukraine capital Kyiv.

  9. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has sparked widespread reaction in the sports world, with the country booted out of this year's Football World Cup and the International Olympic Committee calling for a global sporting ban.

  10. For the second time in a week, India abstained on a UN resolution linked to Russia's Ukraine invasion. New Delhi also welcomed the decision of Moscow and Kyiv to hold talks on the Belarus border. The United States expelled 12 Russian diplomats at the United Nations over national security concerns.



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