KYIV: The Russian offensive in Ukraine is intensifying for the eighth day. Airstrikes intensify again in Kharkiv. A huge fire has broken out at an oil depot in Chernihiv following a shelling. The bomb attack mainly targeted fuel centers. As part of that, there is now an attack on the oil depot.

Several people have been killed in Russian attacks over the past week. Russia is moving towards more populated areas, according to a US warning. There were also attacks on various areas this morning. Meantime, the second round of Ukraine-Russia peace talks will take place today on the Belarus-Polish border. The resolution calling for Russia's withdrawal from Ukraine was passed by a large majority in the UN General Assembly yesterday. India did not participate in the voting.