• Global leaders denounce Russia's fresh assault on Ukraine: Here are the things you need to know

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    Global leaders denounce Russia's fresh assault on Ukraine: Here are the things you need to know

    According to Ukrainian officials, there were at least 11 fatalities, several injuries, and widespread power outages.

    Digital Desk: Several
    world leaders, including US President Joe Biden and UN Secretary-General
    Antonio Guterres, condemned and voiced horror as Russia launched its
    largest-scale aerial assaults on Ukrainian cities since the war's beginning on
    Monday, killing civilians and knocking out power.



    According
    to Ukrainian officials, there were at least 11 fatalities, several injuries,
    and widespread power outages.



    According
    to a statement by Biden, these attacks resulted in the deaths and injuries of
    civilians as well as the destruction of non-military targets, and they once
    again highlight the "total cruelty of Mr. Putin's illegitimate war on the
    Ukrainian people."



    - According to US
    Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the international community must make it
    clear that Russian President Vladimir Putin's actions are intolerable since
    Moscow's attacks on Kyiv create a "deep moral challenge." Blinken
    stated in a statement that "the international community has a
    responsibility to make clear that President Putin's actions are utterly
    unacceptable." "Now is the time to publicly express your support for
    Ukraine; this is not the time for silence, appeasement, or ambiguity cloaked in
    the guise of neutrality. The fundamental tenets of the UN Charter are in
    jeopardy.



    -
    The Head of the UN expressed his worries and said he was genuinely shocked by
    Russia's massive missile attacks. Civilians are once again suffering the most,
    he continued. UN spokesperson Stephane Dujarric said in a statement, "This
    constitutes another unacceptable escalation of the war and, as always,
    civilians are paying the highest price."



    - While explosions were
    recorded in Lviv, Ternopil, and Zhytomyr in western Ukraine, Dnipro and
    Kremenchuk in the centre, Zaporizhzhia in the south, and Kharkiv in the east,
    missiles tore into junctions, parks, and tourist destinations in the capital
    city of Kyiv.



    - As air raid sirens
    wailed throughout the day, thousands of citizens rushed to bomb bunkers.



    -
    Putin claimed to have ordered the strikes in response to a weekend attack on
    the bridge connecting Russia to the Crimean peninsula, and he promised
    additional strikes in the future if Ukraine struck Russian territory. It is
    absolutely difficult to ignore such crimes, he asserted.



    Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the
    President of Ukraine, declared that "they are trying to annihilate us and
    wipe us off the face of the world." In a video message recorded on a
    mobile phone on a deserted central Kyiv street, he claimed that "such a
    moment and such targets were carefully chosen to wreak as much damage as
    possible."



    Prime
    Minister Denys Shmygal pledged to immediately restore utilities after claiming
    that 11 main infrastructure targets were hit in eight districts, leaving large
    parts of the country without electricity, water, or heat. Dmytro Kuleba, the
    foreign minister, wrote on Twitter that "Putin is a terrorist who talks with
    rockets."




    - By mid-morning,
    Ukraine's defence ministry said that Russia had launched 81 cruise missiles, 43
    of which had been intercepted by Ukrainian air defences. According to the
    Russian Ministry of Defense, all intended targets were hit.



    - The president of
    Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko, who is Putin's closest supporter, claimed to
    have ordered troops to deploy alongside Russian forces close to Ukraine, which
    he accused of plotting strikes on Belarus with the support of the West. Early
    in the conflict, Putin permitted Russia to use Belarus as a staging area, but
    he has not yet deployed in his soldiers.
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