Russian forces step up attacks on Ukraine鈥檚 civilian areas
Russian forces escalated their attacks on crowded urban areas Tuesday, bombarding the central square in Ukraine鈥檚 second-biggest city and Kyiv鈥檚 main TV tower in what the country鈥檚 president called a blatant campaign of terror.
鈥淣obody will forgive. Nobody will forget,鈥 President Volodymyr Zelenskyy vowed after the bloodshed on the square in Kharkiv.
Ukrainian authorities said five people were killed in the attack on the TV tower, which is a couple of miles from central Kyiv and a short walk from numerous apartment buildings. A TV control room and power substation were hit, and at least some Ukrainian channels briefly stopped broadcasting, officials said.
Zelenskyy鈥檚 office also reported a powerful missile attack on the site of the Babyn Yar Holocaust memorial, near the tower.
At the same time, a 40-mile (64-kilometer) convoy of hundreds of Russian tanks and other vehicles advanced slowly on Kyiv in what the West feared was a bid by Russian President to topple Ukraine鈥檚 government and install a Kremlin-friendly regime.
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