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Added on the 22/04/2022 10:47:20 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
Images published by the Russian Defence Ministry show SU-35 aircrafts taking off from a Russian airport to relocate to Belarus for joint military drills. IMAGES
Video published by the Russian Defence Ministry shows military trucks being transported by railway. According to the ministry, military units with troops and equipment from the Eastern district are being transferred to Belarus to participate in "ongoing activities". IMAGES
Smoke rises from a Kharkiv hardware store, which Russia bombed on Saturday, killing at least two people and injuring over 20, in an attack condemned as "vile" by President Volodymyr Zelensky. The city of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second largest, regularly comes under attack from Russian missiles, with strikes on the city killing at least seven people on Thursday. IMAGES
Technicians inspect the site where a major television tower was toppled in Ukraine's war-battered city of Kharkiv following bombardments from Russia forces. An AFP journalist in Ukraine's second-largest city saw the red-and-white spire of the 240-metre structure toppled after local officials reported a barrage by Russian forces. IMAGES
A screen shown at a briefing by Russia's Central Election Commission shows the expected results of the four presidential election candidates. Incumbent president Vladimir Putin is expected to receive 87.85% of the vote, while Communist Party candidate Nikolay Kharitonov comes in at second with 3.86%, New People candidate Vladislav Davankov is projected to receive 3.76%, and far-right Liberal Democratic Party leader Leonid Slutsky is set to get 2.97%. IMAGES