The Russian military today received orders to expand its offensive in all directions despite growing international outcry, as the Russian side claims that Kiev has refused to negotiate.
“Today all units have been ordered to extend the attack in all directions, according to the plan of attack,” Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in a statement.
He said pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, backed by the Russian military, were “succeeding”.
These allegations cannot be directly verified by an independent source.
On the third day of Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, fighting broke out in the capital, Kiev, and other cities in the pro-Western country of Eastern Europe.
Ukrainian authorities said today that at least 198 civilians had been killed since the beginning of the Russian invasion, while bombings in Kiev and other cities, such as Kharkiv (east), were on the rise.
Konashenkov reiterated that the Russian army did not hit residential areas, but AFP reporters saw homes being hit by fire across the country.
Accusing the Ukrainian authorities of “involving the civilian population” as “distributing weapons in an uncontrolled manner”, the Russian spokesman also said that this “will inevitably lead to accidents and casualties”.
Source: ΑΠΕ-ΜΠΕ
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