Heavy bombings in Kyiv, reports of dead children

Two mortar or artillery shells hit a checkpoint for civilians to cross into Kyiv from the suburbs of Irpin. Three people were reportedly killed, Ukrainian authorities say, including two children.

Olexey Arestovych, adviser to the Ukrainian president's office, said: “They [Russian troops] captured Hostomel and Bucha yesterday (Saturday). The Russians came in there.

“They have injured many children and do not allow to be evacuated, despite numerous appeals at the highest state level to secure a green “corridor” from Bucha and Irpin. There's a lot of kids in the basement.

There are basements where 70 children are now sitting and not being released. This is a disaster as from a humanitarian point of view and, above all, from a moral point of view”, Arestovych said, adding that the issue is discussing “at the highest level with international humanitarian institutions”.

Some children have died, according to the Ukrainian Health Ministry.

Ukrainian officials said yesterday that air strikes prevented residents from leaving before the agreed evacuations began. Putin accused Ukraine of sabotaged ceasefire efforts.

A third round of talks between Russia and Ukraine will take place on Monday, according to Davyd Arakhamia, a member of the Ukrainian delegation. He gave no additional details, including where they will be developed.

Previous meetings were held in Belarus and led to the failed ceasefire agreement to create humanitarian corridors for evacuation of children, women and elderly people from surrounding cities, where hundreds of thousands face food and water shortages.

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) NEXTA (@nexta tv) March 6, 2022