Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has intensified after bombing the country’s second-largest city of Kharkiv on Tuesday.
On the sixth day of Russia’s full-scale military operation in Ukraine, a 40-mile-long convoy of tanks and other military vehicles advanced towards Kyiv.
Russia escalates shelling as massive 40-mile convoy heads towards Kyiv https://t.co/8qOa4v2rMk pic.twitter.com/3xi2WVnOop
— New York Post (@nypost) March 1, 2022
“Daylight rises again over Ukraine. Kyiv still stands,” Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Tuesday morning, after surviving yet another night of shelling. “The Warriors continue to stand for their country and freedom. Glory to Ukraine.”
Zelensky believes that Russia is trying to force Ukraine to surrender through rampant bombings across the country after a failed peace negotiation between the two nations on Monday.
Vladimir Medinsky, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s top aide and head of the Russian delegation, said that the two countries spoke for five hours on Monday, claiming that both countries have “found certain points on which common positions could be foreseen.”
As peace negotiations continue, the capital city of Kyiv was hit by three missile strikes on Monday and hundreds of saboteurs were roaming the city streets, according to Zelensky.
“They want to break our nationhood, that’s why the capital is constantly under threat,” the Ukrainian president said.
Meanwhile, 11 people were killed after Russian missiles struck residential areas in Kharkiv, a city in the country’s northeast.
Russia, however, has denied targeting residential areas despite hitting homes, schools, and hospitals.
Karim A.A. Khan, chief prosecutor of the Hague, is planning to open an investigation into Russia’s full-scale military operation in Ukraine on the grounds of war crimes.
“I am satisfied that there is a reasonable basis to believe that both alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity have been committed in Ukraine in relation to the events already assessed during the preliminary examination by the Office,” said Khan in a statement.
The Kremlin announced that its nuclear arsenal has been placed on high alert, following orders from Putin over the weekend.
President Joe Biden said on Monday that Americans should not worry about the prospect of a nuclear war with Russia.
“Should Americans be worried about nuclear war?” asked a reporter during a Black History Month event at the White House.
To which Biden replied: “No.”
