38 children were killed and 71 children were injured since the beginning of the invasion of the Russian Federation in Ukraine. Only for the last day a one-and-a-half-year-old boy died as a result of shelling by the Russian occupiers in Mariupol, Ukraine’s Parliament Commissioner for Human Rights Liudmyla Denisova reported.
A cruise missile was shot down over the Okhmatdyt Children’s Hospital in Kyiv, damaging a window and almost breaking the door. Severely injured children are being taken to a medical facility. Doctors continue to operate. According to Ukraine’s Minister of Health Viktor Liashko, Russian troops have disrupted 34 hospitals in Ukraine, prompting the World Health Organization to record six violations of the Geneva Convention.
Irpin mayor Oleksandr Markushyn informed that on March 6, 2022, 8 civilians were killed as a result of Russia’s troops shelling in the city, Radio Liberty reported. The Russian military was deliberately firing 122-caliber mortars at people during their evacuation from the city. Also, today Russian troops fired on the evacuation corridors in Mariupol, Donetsk region, during the second attempt to evacuate civilians from besieged Mariupol, Azov regiment infromed.
A total of 30 private residential houses have been destroyed in a missile strike launched by the Russian military in Ovruch, Zhytomyr region. Data on casualties or injuries to follow, State Emergency Service reports. Also, in Zhytomyr region, the train heading from Kyiv to western regions of Ukraine came under fire in front of the Korosten railway station, the press service of Ukrainian Railways reported.
Russia’s air force hit the TV tower in Kharkiv. As a result of the strike, the cable broke and broadcasting was interrupted, Kharkiv mayor Ihor Terekhov said. Also, today in Kharkiv, Russian occupiers fired from GRAD multiple rocket launchers on the territory of the National Research Center “Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology (NRC KIPT). The destruction of a nuclear facility and storage facilities for nuclear materials could lead to a large-scale environmental catastrophe, the department of Security Service of Ukraine in Kharkiv region reported.
Russia conducted an air strike on the city of Vinnytsia (central part of Ukraine). Eight missiles hit the airport. According to the head of Vinnytsia regional military administration Serhiy Borzov, there are casualties, both among the military and civilians. Six employees of the airport are under the rubble, their current condition is unknown. Previously it was reported that the missiles were launched from the territory of the so-called Transnistria ( territory of Moldova occupied by Russia since 1992). But representatives of Moldova’s government deny the rocket launch from Transnistria, Ukrainian Pravda reports, noting that more likely the missiles were launched from Russian ships in the Black Sea.
Minister for Reintegration of the Temporarily Occupied Territories Iryna Vereshchuk says more than 2,000 foreign nationals studying in Ukrainian universities in Ukraine cannot leave due to the shelling of the Russian occupiers, Ukrainian pravda reported.
Ukraine launched the “Occupier” website that provides information about prisoners of war of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, who have invaded the territory of Ukraine since February 24, 2022. Via portal https://invaders-rf.com/, relatives of Russian prisoners of war will be able to contact representatives of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.European Pravda reports that Visa and Mastercard will stop working in Russia. Visa and Mastercard credit cards issued in Russia will no longer be serviced anywhere in the world.