The shocking photos of Russia’s bombing of residential buildings near Kiev

Eighth day of Russian invasion of Ukraine: After a night of heavy bombing, this Thursday the Russian and Ukrainian delegations held the second round of negotiations in Belarus to try to reach a ceasefire, while the number of refugees has already reached one million people.

“In just seven days we have witnessed the exodus of a million refugees from Ukraine to neighboring countries”says the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Filippo Grandi. “For many millions more, inside Ukraine, it is time for the guns to fall silent so that life-saving humanitarian assistance can be delivered,” he added..

The Russian bombings have continued this morning: these are the most relevant events of the last few hours and the prospects for this eighth day of invasion.

Second round of negotiations: It is planned, like the previous one, in Belarusian territory, this time in the Brest region, on the border with Poland and Ukraine, according to the Russian negotiator Vladimir Medinski, who said that the two parties agreed on the area, although it is still to be defined. the specific place.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said: “We are ready for negotiations, we are open for diplomacy, but we are by no means ready to accept Russian ultimatums,” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitro Kuleba said in turn.

The goal is an immediate ceasefire. In the first round, held on February 28 in the Belarusian city of Gomel, both parties agreed that the meeting made it possible to identify some points to be able to move forward. But there were no more details

On this eighth day, the bombardments have continued:

– Kiev has been shaken by a series of powerful explosions this morning. After 01:40 in the morning (12:40 GMT) a series of explosions was heard in various neighborhoods. According to the UNIAN agency, the explosions took place in the neighborhoods of Goloséevoin the south of the city, Pecherska, in the center, and in the immediate vicinity of the metro station Druzhba Narodov, also in the center. There was also heavy shelling of residential buildings in the city of Borodyankain the Kiev region.

– The mayor’s office issued seven air alarm notices throughout the night and asked the population to go to the anti-aircraft shelters, while videos of the explosions were published on social networks.

– A loud explosion was heard at the Kiev railway station It was due to the fall of a Russian missile that was intercepted and destroyed by the Ukrainian anti-aircraft defense, without causing casualties, but which broke an important heating pipe in the city, informed the adviser to the Ukrainian Interior Minister, Anton Geráshenko.

– Ukraine’s Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov called for “total resistance” against Russian troops and to double the pressure on the enemy. “The time has come to increase the pressure on the enemy, who has lost the initiative. It is time to move to total resistance,” Reznikov said in a statement posted on Facebook.

– Six people, two of them children, were killed tonight by a bombing in the city of Izium, in the region of Kharkiv, according to the deputy mayor of the city, Volodymyr Matsokin. The attack began at 11:59 p.m. local time (9:59 p.m. GMT on Wednesday) and reached a multi-storey apartment building in one of whose houses the six fatalities were recorded, including the two children, explained the municipal official.

– Kharkivthe second largest city in Ukraine, came under Russian attack from early Wednesday morning, after airborne troops launched missiles that hit several state buildings and a university. The bombardment caused four deaths and nine injuries, according to Kiev, which has put more than 2,000 civilians dead in Russian attacks since the beginning of the invasion a week ago.

– This Wednesday, for the first time in seven days of military offensive, Moscow admitted the death of 498 Russian soldiers in the war, in addition to 1,597 wounded soldiers. But the Ukrainian president, Volodímir Zelenski, estimated last night at about 9,000 fatal casualties of the Russian Army since the beginning of the invasion.

International Criminal Court investigation: A request from 39 countries, including Spain, has allowed the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor to open an investigation in Ukraine for war crimes and crimes against humanity. “I have notified the ICC Presidency … of my decision to immediately proceed with active investigations,” ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan said in a statement.

The World Bank suspends its programs in Russia and Belarus: The World Bank (WB) announced on Wednesday the suspension with “immediate effect” of all its programs in Russia and Belarus due to the Russian military invasion of Ukraine. “As a consequence of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and hostilities against the people of Ukraine, the World Bank has stopped all its programs in Russia and Belarus with immediate effect,” the agency said in a statement.

More companies sanction: Toyota Motor announced that it is suspending “until further notice” its operations in Russia, due to “interruptions in the supply chain” and due to the impact of international sanctions on Russia for the invasion of Ukraine. The Japanese manufacturer has announced in a statement that it stops, from March 4 and until further notice, production at its plant in Saint Petersburg as well as the importation of vehicles, “due to interruptions in the supply chain.”

– Netflix will paralyze all its content production and acquisition activity in Russia due to the invasion of Ukraine. The company had four original Russian-language projects in the works, including the long-awaited “Anna K” series, based on Leo Tolstoy’s novel “Anna Karenina,” and “Zato,” a production set in the fall of the Soviet Union.

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