On the sixth day of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Russian forces intensified their artillery bombardment of Kharkiv and Kyiv. The Ukrainian side reported dozens of civilian casualties. Russian troops continued to encircle Kyiv, while barricades were built in the city and preparations made for its defense.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, whose country is facing a massive unprovoked invasion from neighboring Russia, has called on the European Union to grant Ukraine membership under a special procedure immediately, a move bloc officials said was unlikely.
Civilians cross a river on a blown-up bridge in northern Kyiv / Aris Messinis
Aftermath of shelling in Brovar, near Kyiv / Efrem Lukatsky
Soldiers wearing no insignia, in the village of Nikolayevka in the self-declared DNR /Alexander Ermochenko
The building of Kharkiv’s regional administration, which came under fire today. Ukrainian authorities said six bodies were recovered from the rubble. The building of Kharkiv’s regional administration, which came under fire today. Ukrainian authorities said six bodies were recovered from the rubble. / Pavel Dorogoy
Bodies of victims of the shelling of Freedom Square in Kharkiv. “A missile in Kharkiv’s central square – naked, undisguised terror,” President Zelensky said. / Pavel Dorogoy
Destruction inside the administration building / Sergey Bobok
Results of shelling in Kharkiv / Sergey Dolzhenko
Residents of Kharkiv are collecting humanitarian aid / Sergey Kozlov
Mothers and children take shelter in the basement of the Okhmatdet children’s hospital in Kyiv / Roman Pilipea
