<span style="color: #222222;">Russian forces bombarded the central square in Ukraine's second-largest city and other civilian sites on Tuesday.<br />''In Kyiv, the TV tower in the capital was hit, according to Ukraine's parliament, which posted a photo of clouds of smoke around it. Local media reported that there were several explosions and that Ukrainian TV channels stopped broadcasting shortly afterward.<br />''<br />''According to agencies reports, a 64-kilometer convoy of hundreds of Russian tanks and other vehicles advanced on Kyiv.<br />''Russian President Vladimir Putin's forces pressed their military action on other towns and cities across the country, including near the strategic ports of Odesa and Mariupol in the south.<br />''<br />''In Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-biggest city, with a population of about 1.5 million, at least six people were killed when the region's Soviet-era administrative building was hit. Explosions tore through residential areas, and a maternity ward was moved to an underground shelter. Kharkiv's Freedom Square, Ukraine's largest plaza, and the nucleus of public life in the city was struck.<br />''Human Rights Watch said it documented a cluster bomb attack outside a hospital in Ukraine's east in recent days.&nbsp; The Kremlin denied using such weapons.<br />''<br />''The International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor said he plans to open an investigation into possible war crimes in the invasion.</span><br />
News On AIR | March 1, 2022 10:17 PM
Russian forces bombard central square in Ukraine's second-largest city, other civilian sites