According to the Kyiv Independent newspaper, broadcasts were cut off for several Ukrainian TV channels shortly after.

Pictures on social media show smoke rising around the tower.

The mayor of Kyiv confirms the death of at least five. Many must also be infected.

Ukraine’s Interior Ministry says a back-up solution for some channels will be operational soon, writes Kyiv Independent.

Civil land evacuation

The Russian Defense Ministry warned on Tuesday afternoon that it would soon attack Ukrainian intelligence buildings in central Kyiv and was asking civilians to evacuate.

These include the offices of Ukraine’s security service SBU and a center for so-called psychological warfare, according to a message on the Twitter account of the official Russian news program Vesti.

The background should be “stop media attacks on Russia”.

Belarusian forces in Ukraine

According to intelligence in Ukraine, there will now be 300 tanks from Belarus

Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas confirmed at a press conference that Belarus has troops inside Ukraine.

She added that Belarus now appears to be a “co-attacker” in the conflict.

Kallas attended a joint press conference in Tallinn on Tuesday with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

Kallas also said that Russia has gone from being a tough neighbor to a rogue one.

Unfortunately, we expect to see more atrocities, including arbitrary bombings.

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko denied to state media the participation of the army under his command in the military operation, it was reported. BBC.

Russia continues its attacks

Russia does not refer to the attacks on Ukraine as an invasion, but says it will continue the “operation” until it achieves what it wants.

The Russian Armed Forces will continue their own military operation until they reach through all our targets, said Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

He reiterated that Russia would “disarm and de-Nazify” Ukraine. They also want to protect Russia from the “military threat posed by Western countries.”

A Russian government spokesman said any sanctions would not force Russia to change its tactics.

Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second largest city, was shaken by several large explosions on Tuesday morning.

New negotiations

Russian state news agency TASS reported that new negotiations between Russia and Ukraine will take place on Wednesday.

Thus, the negotiations that began in the Homegel region in the southeast of Belarus continue on Monday, according to a Russian source, TASS writes.

On Monday, the meeting lasted for seven hours and Ukraine demanded an immediate cease-fire and the withdrawal of Russian forces without reaching anything.