Deadly strikes have battered Ukraine as Russia threatens to take 'full control' of major cities despite fresh talks to halt the devastating invasion:
Firefighters extinguish a fire after a rocket attack by Russian forces in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on Monday, 14 March, 2022.Deadly strikes have battered Ukraine as Russia threatened to take "full control" of major cities despite fresh talks to halt the devastating invasion.On Monday, the 19th day of the invasion, the fourth round of talks made no breakthrough other than a planned resumption on Tuesday.
Damage caused by a Tochka missile, which was allegedly launched by Ukrainian forces, in the Donetsk region, on 14 March, 2022.The United Nations estimates almost 2.8 million people have fled Ukraine since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the full-scale land and air assault on 24 February, most of them to Poland, struggling to provide for the arrivals.
"They say that he is too severely burned, that I won't recognise him," sobbed Lidiya Tikhovska, 83, staring at the spot where a paramedic said the remains of her son Vitaliy lay. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters that Mr Putin had ordered his forces "to hold back on any immediate assault on large cities because the civilian losses would be large".
In Kyiv, only the roads to the south remain open, according to the Ukrainian presidency. City authorities have set up checkpoints, and people are stockpiling food and medicine. The aim was "to do everything to ensure a meeting of presidents. A meeting that I am sure people are waiting for," said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
In an attack dangerously close to NATO member Poland, Russian air strikes on a Ukrainian military training ground near the border killed at least 35 people and wounded more than 130 on Sunday. Beijing accused Washington of spreading lies over China's role in the Ukraine war, without directly addressing the US media reports.
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