A boy holds a Ukrainian national flag as he stands on top of a Russian military vehicles displayed in the downtown area on August 21 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine. Picture: GETTY IMAGES/ALEXEY FURMAN
Russia launched what it calls a “special military operation” on February 24 to demilitarise its smaller neighbour and protect Russian-speaking communities. Ukraine and its Western backers accuse Moscow of waging an imperial-style war of conquest. In the port city of Mykolaiv near Russian-occupied territory to the south, regional governor Vitaly Kim said authorities were preparing a precautionary order for residents to work from home on Tuesday and Wednesday and urged people not to gather in large groups.
The Financial Times, in an article published on Sunday, quoted Gennady Gatilov, Moscow's ambassador to the UN in Geneva, as saying Erdogan had tried to facilitate dialogue. Ukraine also reported a Russian missile strike on Voznesensk, to the southwest and not far from the country's second-largest atomic power station.