A general warning. The Russian army carried out a series of airstrikes in Ukraine, Kiev and Kharkiv on Tuesday morning. According to the Ukrainian military, Russia fired 99 missiles, of which 72 were shot down.
The capital's mayor, Vitali Klitschko, reported on Telegram that one person had died and at least 20 had been injured. According to the Ukrainian prosecutor's office, a couple was also killed in the Kiev region. One death and more than twenty injuries were also recorded in Kharkiv, said the region's governor, Oleg Sinegubov. In Kiev and the region, more than 250,000 consumers are also without electricity after the strikes, said national operator Ukrenergo. Follow our live stream.
The Polish army on alert. The Polish army announced that it had deployed “two pairs of F-16 fighters and a tanker aircraft” to monitor the border with Ukraine following massive bombings.
A Russian village was accidentally bombed. The Russian Defense Ministry has acknowledged the accidental bombing of a village in western Russia not far from the Ukrainian border, but assured that there were no fatalities. “There were no injuries, but destruction was found in seven buildings,” regional governor Alexander Gusev said on Telegram.
The Foreign Minister is expected to visit Ukraine again. “We are working on a sixth visit by Catherine Colonna in the coming days” to Ukraine, Gaël Veyssière, French ambassador to Ukraine, announced on franceinfo.
Vladimir Putin vows to “intensify” bombings. Russian President Vladimir Putin vowed on Monday to “step up” attacks in Ukraine in retaliation for the Ukrainian army's unprecedented bombing of the Russian city of Belgorod on Saturday that killed 25 people, including five children.