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Russia intensifies attacks; Ukrainian refugees could surpass 1 million within days: Live updates
John Bacon, Matthew Brown, Celina Tebor and Joey Garrison, USA TODAY
Wed, March 2, 2022, 10:34 AM·13 min read
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Volodymyr Zelenskyy
6th President of Ukraine
Russia's invasion of Ukraine entered its seventh day Wednesday with Russian military forces escalating attacks on civilian areas of Ukraine's largest cities as hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians flee the country.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, in a televised address to the nation, rallied his citizens and praised them for their resolve.
“During this time, we have truly become one," Zelenskyy said. "We forgave each other. We started loving each other. We help each other. We are worried for each other,” .
Russia claimed to have taken control of Kherson, a southern Ukraine city of almost 300,000. Kherson’s Mayor Igor Nikolayev, however, denied the claim.
In the besieged northeastern city of Kharkiv, Mayor Igor Terekhov says the unrelenting rocket strikes have caused "massive destruction." Food, medicine and other supplies are being distributed at central locations and by trucks rolling through the city. Efforts are underway to provide heat to thousands who have lost utilities as temperatures dip toward freezing.
"Kharkiv is holding on and will hold on," Terekhov said on Ukrainian TV. "Today the main goal of our enemy is to sow panic and devastation, but Kharkiv will always stand."
The U.N. human rights office reported 136 civilian deaths, but the true toll was likely much higher. Ukrainian emergency services, meanwhile, say more than 2,000 Ukrainian civilians have died. |
