Russian forces ramped up the attack on Ukraine on Sunday, as they blew up a gas pipeline in the northeastern city of Kharkiv and an oil depot in Vasylkiv, a town just southwest of Kyiv.
Ukraine’s State Service of Special Communication and Information Protection warned the explosion in Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, could cause an “environmental catastrophe”. Therefore, it urged residents to cover their windows with damp cloth or gauze.
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This is the fourth day of heavy fighting, but Ukraine still held its capital.
“The situation in Kyiv is calm, the capital is completely controlled by the Ukrainian army and defense forces,” said Mykola Povoroznyk, the first deputy head of Kyiv City State Administration.
In Kharkiv, the city’s regional administration Oleg Sinegubov warned that “light technology” had broken through the city’s defenses, “including in the central part of the city.” He told residents in a Facebook post to shelter in place and not go out onto the streets.
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In a statement that over the course of Saturday, the Ukrainian Air Force stated that it had downed “at least” 11 helicopters, three Sukhoi Su-30 and two Sukhoi Su-25 jet fighters, and a second giant Russian Il-76 transporter plane, which can carry large numbers of airborne troops.
In the same vein, Ukraine’s Health Minister Viktor Liashko said Russian forces had killed 198 Ukrainians, including three children, with 1,115 wounded, 33 children among them.
Meanwhile, more than 150,000 Ukrainian refugees have crossed into neighboring countries, half of them to Poland, and many to Hungary, Moldova, Romania and beyond, according to the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi.
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