Shattered glass, bricks and remnants of shells lay strewn about the streets of Kyiv after Russian armed forces pounded the Ukrainian capital all night.
Shattered glass, bricks and remnants of shells lay strewn about the streets of Kyiv after Russian armed forces pounded the Ukrainian capital all night.
The Ukrainian Defene Ministry shared a video of a rescue operation. The post came with a message which when translated in English read, "We are recording another war crime against the civilian population of Ukraine."
від ДСНС України
"Фіксуємо черговий воєнний злочин проти мирного населення України.Рятувальники проводять евакуацію мешканців багатоповерхівки по проспекту Лобоновського 6А, де 26.02 сталося попадання снаряду в житловий будинок на рівні 17 та 18 поверхів." pic.twitter.com/MC9PndcZXm
The video from 6A Lobonovsky Avenue showed rescuers evacuating residents of a high-rise building. One of the shells fired by the Russian ground forces hit the 17th and 18th floors of the residential building.
Фіксуємо воєнні злочини РФ проти мирного населення України
На відео - момент попадання ракети до житлового будинку на Лобановського 6 а. Відео з камери спостереження сусіднього будинку 🎥 pic.twitter.com/FWT8xAjwLQ
Meanwhile, a statement from the Ukrainian President's office said that the Russian Armed Forces have not gained any operational and tactical advantage over the past 24 hours.
Earlier Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba took to Twitter to state how Kyiv had survived another night under attacks by Russian ground forces.
Kyiv, our splendid, peaceful city, survived another night under attacks by Russian ground forces, missiles. One of them has hit a residential apartment in Kyiv. I demand the world: fully isolate Russia, expel ambassadors, oil embargo, ruin its economy. Stop Russian war criminals! pic.twitter.com/c3ia46Ctjq
— Dmytro Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba)Stating that the peaceful city of Kyiv had survived another night under attacks by Russian ground forces and their missiles, Kuleba appealed to the world to fully isolate Russia, expel the country's envoys, impose an oil embargo and ruin its economy.
Stop the Russian war criminals, he demanded.
The remarks came even as Russian President Vladimir Zelenskyy appeared on the streets and made a video urging his countrymen not to believe in the fake news doing the rounds. He reiterated that he had not told the Ukrainian forces to lay down their weapons.
The Ukrainian President said he was he and his army was not laying down arms and would keep fighting.
Zelenskyy later reached out to the European Union, stating that it was a "crucial moment to close the long-standing discussion once and for all and decide on Ukraine's membership" in the grouping.
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