Russia under war crimes investigation as peace talks stall

 The International Criminal Court said Monday that it will open an examination concerning whether Russia has carried out atrocities and wrongdoings against mankind in Ukraine, hours after harmony talks in Belarus finished without a reasonable goal and shelling went on across Ukraine.

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Russia hit local locations of Ukraine's second-biggest city, Kharkiv, with weighty shelling Monday, as per Ukrainian authorities, an evident heightening of the Kremlin's attack similarly as authorities from the two sides met for talks.

The Western reaction has been quick and unrelenting. Enlarging sanctions annoyed the Russian economy Monday, driving its cash, the ruble, to cavity to a level around 30% against the U.S. dollar.

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Annihilation in Kharkiv after a blast at the territorial state organization building.

The obliteration after a blast at the Kharkiv Region State Administration Building on Freedom Square in focal Kharkiv Tuesday.

Obliteration close to the provincial organization building, which was hit by a rocket as per city authorities, in Kharkiv, Ukraine on Tuesday.Ukraine State Emergency Service/through Reuters

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Satellite pictures show military guard along an interstate north of Kyiv, U.S. firm says

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Satellite pictures caught by U.S. firm Maxar Technologies on Monday showed what it said was a tactical caravan along an expressway, north of Ivankiv.

Ivankiv is situated around 50 miles northwest of Kyiv and around 33 miles northwest of Chernobyl.

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This Maxar satellite picture taken and delivered on Monday shows a tactical caravan along an expressway, north of Ivankiv, Ukraine.Maxar Technologies/AFP - Getty Images

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Video shows blast hitting focal Kharkiv

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NBC News has confirmed a video of a blast hitting focal Kharkiv Tuesday morning.

In the video, shared via online media by the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, the impact should be visible at the Kharkiv Region State Administration Building on Freedom Square. It muddled precisely caused the blast.

In a Telegram post, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine said the episode had left something like six individuals harmed, including one kid.

A loss of life is as still up in the air, it said.

It comes after Ukrainian authorities blamed Russia for hitting neighborhoods of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-biggest city, with weighty shelling Monday in an evident heightening of Moscow's attack.