UKRAINE UPDATE: Russia Plans To Bombard Odessa, Zelensky Says
“explosive weapons with a wide impact area,” including shelling from heavy artillery, multi-launch rocket systems and missiles and airstrikes, the UN said.Wednesday more than 2,000 Ukrainian civilians had been killed since Russia’s invasion of the country last week.Russian Forces Repelled From Mykolaiv In Southern Ukraine, Official Says
Russian forces appear to be having the most success taking the southern portion of Ukraine, which is the site of Kherson, the largest Ukrainian city to fall so far in the war. Mariupol in southeastern Ukraine is reportedly without access to power or water amid a Russian siege. Capturing Mariupol would create a landbridge connecting Russian forces in Crimea to the Donbass region in eastern Ukraine.
There is no evidence of radioactive leakage from the facility, all of the fires are out and the U.S. Department of Energy is monitoring the situation. More than 500 Russian missiles have been launched since the invasion began, up from about 480 on Thursday. The United Nations Security Council plans to hold an emergency meeting at 11:30 a.m. Friday in New York to discuss the Russian attack on the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, the largest nuclear power facility in Europe, according to multipleRussian forces have seized the plant after a battle with Ukrainians early Friday morning that included shelling, which caused a fire at one of the facility's buildings and prompted concerns the attack would lead to a catastrophic nuclear meltdown.
The agreement marked the first progress made so far in two rounds of negotiations between Russian and Ukrainian officials since the start of the war, but there wasn't any headway made on Ukraine's top two goals: a nationwide ceasefire and armistice.
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