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The capital reports detonations. According to the authorities, eight people died near Kharkiv. In Cherson, Russian troops apparently achieve success.  Several heavy explosions occurred in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev overnight. According to the Ukrainian news agency Unian, an air raid alarm was triggered. The residents were called on to seek protection immediately, it said.  Powerful detonations were seen on videos shared on social networks . At first it was unclear whether it was an air raid and what the goals could have been. In the eastern Ukrainian city of Izyum near Kharkiv, the authorities reported eight dead, including two children, after an airstrike. According to media reports, a multi-storey residential building was hit during the night attack. The information was initially not independently verifiable. Two rockets hit an administration building in the city of Kharkiv. The Assumption Cathedral is said to have suffered damage that is not described in detail. Nothing ...

Vladimir Putin's most well-known adversary calls for peace protests while in prison. Russia must not become a "nation of frightened silent people". Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny has called for daily protests against Russia's war of aggression in Ukraine. "Wherever you are, in Russia, Belarus or on the other side of the world: go to the main square of your city every day of the week," Navalny tweeted. According to a spokesman, he calls for demonstrations to be held at 7 p.m. during the week and at 2 p.m. on weekends and public holidays. "I call on everyone to take to the streets and fight for peace," Navalny tweeted. Anyone who is abroad should gather in front of the Russian embassy to protest. "We - Russia - want to be a nation of peace," Navalny tweeted. "Unfortunately, very few would call us that at the moment." Addressing his Russian compatriots, he demanded: "Let us at least not become a nation of frightened ...

According to Ukrainian sources, several buildings were damaged in the city of Zhytomyr. Fighting is also reported from Kharkiv.  Ukraine has reported new attacks on its second largest city, Kharkiv. Russian airborne troops attacked a local hospital, the Ukrainian army said on the Telegram news service. "There is a fight going on between the invaders and the Ukrainians." At Kharkiv, the Ukrainians managed to capture six new Russian T-80BWM tanks. The statements by both parties from the war zone about casualties or military successes cannot be independently verified. Several buildings, including a hospital, were damaged in the city of Zhytomyr, the Ukrainian news agency Unian reported. According to the authorities, two people were killed and ten injured. Interior Ministry adviser Anton Herashchenko had previously spoken of four dead. The attack was therefore the stationed in Zhytomyr 95th Brigade. Videos shared on social media showed burning houses and rescue workers. Zhytomyr ...

Russia can no longer be a member of the top UN body, says the Ukrainian president. He also demands that energy deals with the state be ended. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called for Russia's expulsion from the UN Security Council. "A state that commits war crimes against civilians cannot be a member of the UN Security Council," he said in a video message that he shared on his Facebook page and Telegram channel. "Here is Ukraine. Here is Europe. Here is the year 2022. Evil armed with rockets, bombs and artillery must be stopped immediately. Economically destroyed. To show that humanity can defend itself," Zelenskyy said. A complete blocking of the airspace for Russian missiles, planes and helicopters must be considered. At the peace talks, led by a Ukrainian and a Russian delegation on Monday, he said Ukraine has not yet achieved the desired result. "Russia has presented its positions, counter-arguments have been made by us to end the war....

Russian President Putin has mobilized the world's largest nuclear force. Western and NATO politicians see dangerous "powers set in motion". The United States has criticized the Russian nuclear forces' state of alert. Russian President Vladimir Putin is conjuring up alleged threats "to justify further aggression," White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki told ABC. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg spoke of Putin's "dangerous rhetoric". The behavior of the Russian president was "irresponsible," Stoltenberg told CNN. A US Department of Defense official said the US had no reason to doubt Putin's order. However, it is unclear how it will be implemented. Putin's step was "unnecessary because Russia has never been threatened by the West or by NATO and certainly not by Ukraine," said the Pentagon representative.  Explosions In Kyiv Putin's order also threatens to escalate the situation because "powers are set in moti...