Status: 03/02/2022 07:44 a.m
Kharkiv in the east and Cherson in the south are still heavily contested. Russian troops are said to have landed in both places, there was fighting and deaths.
The seventh day of the war also began with Russia’s air raids on Ukraine. According to Ukrainian media reports, there were skirmishes with the Russian army during the night.
Air raids and skirmishes in Kharkiv
The second largest city in the country, Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine, was shelled again at night. In addition, Russian stormtroopers are said to have landed in the city of 1.4 million people. The Unian agency reported that they had attacked a military medical center.
There are also said to have been direct battles between the Ukrainian and Russian armies. The Ukrainians managed to capture six new Russian T-80BWM tanks.
conflicting parties as a source
In the current situation, information on the course of the war, shelling and casualties provided by official bodies of the Russian and Ukrainian conflict parties cannot be directly checked by an independent body.
A fire broke out after an airstrike on an army school, said adviser to the Ukrainian interior minister, Anton Herashchenko. There is “practically no area in Kharkiv that hasn’t been hit by an artillery shell,” he said.
According to the authorities, at least eight people were killed in an air raid on a high-rise block on Tuesday, and ten more died in an attack on a government building. According to Ukrainian information, there have been a total of 21 fatalities and 112 injuries in Kharkiv in the past 24 hours.
Ukrainian media report fighting in Kharkiv
Mathea Schülke, WDR, Morgenmagazin, March 2nd, 2022
Also fight in Kherson
Fighting also took place in the southern Ukrainian city of Cherson. A Russian tank is said to have fired into a building belonging to the Ukrainian secret service SBU. Interior Ministry adviser Anton Herashchenko spoke of numerous dead civilians who had defended Kherson with Molotov cocktails, among other things.
The city at the mouth of the Dnipro River is surrounded by local reports. The city tour said that Russian soldiers had taken the port, the train station and the administration building. There are said to have been numerous deaths and injuries among Ukrainian soldiers and civilians. The information could not be independently verified.
Fighting also in the east of the country
Fighting also continues in eastern Ukraine. 40,000 people are said to be without electricity there. Residents cannot leave the area because of the constant fighting, there is hardly any water, little food, great destruction.
The Security Service of Ukraine also said enemy troops were dangerously close to the country’s northern border. The reconnaissance has information that they have been put on alert. They could be used in the storming of Kyiv. The ground offensive on the capital could be extended.