5 dead as Russia attacks TV tower in Kyiv, signal disrupted

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• A Russian armoured column bore down on Kyiv on Tuesday and invasion forces fired lethal rocket barrages into the capital and the country's second largest city, on the sixth day of Russia's assault.
• Russia said it would retaliate over the US expulsion of 12 of its diplomats at the United Nations for alleged spying.
• The United States and 30 countries agreed to release 60 million barrels of oil from their strategic reserves to stabilize global energy markets. 
• Biden and Ukraine's president Zelensky spoke by telephone for 30 minutes.
• Kyiv's mayor published a video showing the moment when a tall TV antennae in the city was engulfed in flames, apparently hit by a rocket. Earlier, Russia's defence ministry said it was planning to strike communications and intelligence sites in the capital that it said were being used for "information attacks," media outlet TASS said.
• France declared an "all-out economic and financial war" against Russia, saying it would collapse the Russian economy as punishment for the invasion of Ukraine.
• Russia, which describes its assault as a special operation, not an invasion seeking territory, said it was placing temporary curbs on foreigner investors seeking to exit Russian assets, as ripple effects of sanctions on Russia were making themselves felt.
• Rocket strikes on the centre of Kharkiv killed at least 10 people and wounded 35, Ukrainian Interior Ministry adviser Anton Herashchenko said. Similar strikes that killed and wounded dozens in the city the previous day involved cluster bombs, experts said. 

At least five persons died on Tuesday after Russian troops attacked the main television tower in the heart of the Ukraine's capital of Kyiv.

The attack potentially disrupted the tower's signal, said Ukrainian interior ministry adviser Anton Herashchenko.

A blast was heard around Kyiv and smoke was seen rising in the Babi Yar district, the interior ministry said, adding that equipment had been damaged and television channels "won't work for a while".

While they knocked out some state broadcasting, it is being said the remaining structure was intact.

Earlier on Tuesday, the main square of Ukraine's second-largest city Kharkiv, was bombed by Russian missile. Several residential areas were also targeted, according to media reports. At least eight people are believed to have died in the airstrike.