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The advance of a

military convoy of more than 60 kilometers long towards

has been stalled in recent hours due to the resistance of

and because the Russians would be regrouping and evaluating the situation, as reported by the Pentagon.

Likewise, Washington has warned that

plans to intensify its military campaign in

Army

is moving

in the country, weapons highly criticized for their power of destruction.

The Russian Army has advanced with intense attacks in the south of

, where it took control of

, and where it practically blocks

, as well as in the east, where it claims to have largely seized the

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06.03.

Six civilians killed by bombing in Izium, in the Ukrainian region of Kharkov

Six people, two of them children, were killed tonight by a shelling in the Ukrainian city of

, in the

region , according to the city's deputy mayor, Volodymyr Matsokin.

The attack began at 11:59 p.m. local time (9:59 p.m. GMT on Wednesday) and hit a multi-storey apartment building.

In one of the houses six people died, two of them children, explained the municipal official.

The regional capital,

's second largest city

, came under Russian attack from early yesterday morning, after airborne troops landed with missiles hitting several state buildings and a university.

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US says Russia is moving cluster and thermobaric bombs in Ukraine

The United States has warned that

plans to intensify its military campaign in

Army

is moving cluster and thermobaric bombs in the country, weapons highly criticized for their destructive power.

"We have seen videos of Russian forces bringing exceptionally lethal weapons to

, which have no place on the battlefield. This includes cluster munitions and vacuum bombs," US Ambassador to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield said in a statement. speech.

According to Thomas-Greenfield, indications are that the

is "preparing to escalate the brutality of its campaign against Ukraine."

In recent days, various sources have accused

of using cluster bombs against civilian areas, something prohibited by international conventions.

In addition, systems with thermobaric ammunition, also known as a fuel bomb or vacuum bomb, have been seen on the ground on social networks and some media, although there are no indications that

has used them.

According to human rights organizations, these are indiscriminate and extremely dangerous weapons for the civilian population, since they use a fuel that sucks up the air when burned and is capable of destroying the lungs of people who are in the area.

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China knew of Russia's plans and asked to postpone the invasion for the Olympics

The Chinese government asked

in early February not to start the invasion of

until after the

held in China, according to

(NYT) and CNN, which quotes sources from the US government and a European government source.

The newspaper points out that according to a "Western intelligence report", high-ranking Chinese government officials had "some level of knowledge about Russian plans or intentions to go to war" before the beginning of the military aggression, which began on 24 February, four days after the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games.

The information exchanged between members of the Chinese and Russian governments was collected by the intelligence services of a Western country, according to the sources, and shared at a high level during discussions on whether or not Russian President

would attack

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Putin closed ranks against the West in a meeting held on February 4 in Beijing and promised to jointly face what they considered "security threats" after meeting on the eve of the opening of the Games. Winter Olympics in the Chinese capital.

In a joint statement, both leaders expressed their opposition "to the further expansion of NATO" and called on the Transatlantic Organization to abandon the "mentalities of the 'cold war'" and to respect "the interests and sovereignty of other countries ".

According to British officials quoted by the New York Times, this joint statement was a clear sign of Chinese support, something that Beijing would have been reluctant to do if Putin planned to darken the Olympics with an assault before the closing ceremony.

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