Kharkiv heavy shelling on the 6th day of Russia's invasion of Ukraine

 Ukrainian emergency services rescue workers after heavy shelling of the City Hall building in Kharkiv, Ukraine. March 1, 2022.

Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, was hit by increasing Russian shelling on Tuesday. The incident took place on the sixth day of Russia's invasion of Ukraine when a group of Russian troops attacked a road north of the Ukrainian capital Kiev.

Ukraine's Foreign Ministry has shared a video of an attack on the Kharkiv regional state administration building in the city center.

There were no immediate reports of injuries in the attack, but Kharkiv authorities said a total of at least 11 people had been killed and dozens more wounded in the Russian attack.

According to the Kremlin, Russian President Vladimir Putin told French leader Emmanuel Macron in a phone call on Monday that a settlement could only be reached if Russia's "legitimate security interests" were considered, including the disarmament of Ukraine.

Australia on Tuesday announced plans to send missiles to Ukraine as part of a কোটি 50 million package.

U.S. lawmakers are considering a White House request for 8.4 billion in military and humanitarian aid to Ukraine. Ukraine's ambassador to the United States, Oksana Markarova, told a group of US senators at a meeting on Monday that Ukraine needed more weapons.

Russian President Vladimir Putin has now deployed about 75 percent of Russia's military presence along the Ukrainian border. But videos posted on social media show that rows of Russian tanks and armored vehicles no longer exist. Officials say warplanes and helicopters have been shot down and Russian troops are stranded on the side of the road as their vehicles run out of fuel.

According to Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, more than 520,000 refugees have fled Ukraine to neighboring countries.