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    Russian forces escalated their attacks on crowded urban areas Tuesday in what Ukraine鈥檚 leader called a blatant campaign of terror, while U.S. President Joe Biden vowed to make his Russian counterpart 鈥減ay a price鈥 for the invasion.

    鈥淣obody will forgive. Nobody will forget,鈥 Ukraine鈥檚 President Volodymyr Zelensky vowed after the bloodshed on the central square in Kharkiv, the country鈥檚 second-largest city, and the deadly bombing of a TV tower in the capital.

    Biden used his first State of the Union address to highlight the resolve of a reinvigorated Western alliance that has worked to rearm the Ukrainian military and adopt tough sanctions, which he said have left Russian President Vladimir Putin 鈥漣solated in the world more than he has ever been.鈥

    鈥淭hroughout our history we鈥檝e learned this lesson 鈥 when dictators do not pay a price for their aggression, they cause more chaos,鈥 Biden said. 鈥淭hey keep moving. And the costs and threats to America and the world keep rising.鈥

    Biden devoted the first 12 minutes of his Tuesday evening address to Ukraine, with lawmakers of both parties repeatedly rising to their feet and applauding as he praised the bravery of Ukraine鈥檚 people and condemned Putin鈥檚 assault.

    As Biden spoke, a 64-kilometre convoy of hundreds of Russian tanks and other vehicles advanced slowly on Kyiv, the capital city of nearly 3 million people, in what the West feared was a bid by Putin to topple the government and install a Kremlin-friendly regime.

    The invading forces also pressed their assault on other towns and cities, including the strategic ports of Odessa and Mariupol in the south.

    Day 6 of the biggest ground war in Europe since World War II found Russia increasingly isolated, beset by the sanctions that have thrown its economy into turmoil and left the country practically friendless, apart from a few nations like China, Belarus and North Korea.

    As the fighting in Ukraine raged, the death toll remained unclear. One senior Western intelligence official estimated that more than 5,000 Russian soldiers had been captured or killed. Ukraine gave no overall estimate of troop losses.

    The UN human rights office said it has recorded 136 civilian deaths. The real toll is believed to be far higher.

    Britain鈥檚 Defence Ministry said it had seen an increase in Russian air and artillery strikes on populated urban areas over the past two days. It also said three cities 鈥 Kharkiv, Kherson and Mariupol 鈥 were encircled by Russian forces.

    Many military experts worry that Russia may be shifting tactics. Moscow鈥檚 strategy in Chechnya and Syria was to use artillery and air bombardments to pulverize cities and crush fighters鈥 resolve.

    Ukrainian authorities said five people were killed in the attack on the TV tower, which is near central Kyiv and a short walk from numerous apartment buildings. A TV control room and power substation were hit, and at least some Ukrainian channels briefly stopped broadcasting, officials said.

    The bombing came after Russia announced it would target transmission facilities used by Ukraine鈥檚 intelligence agency. It urged people living near such places to leave their homes.

    Zelensky鈥檚 office also reported a missile attack on the site of the Babi Yar Holocaust memorial, near the tower. A spokesman for the memorial said a Jewish cemetery at the site, where Nazi occupiers killed more than 33,000 Jews over two days in 1941, was damaged, but the extent would not be clear until daylight.

    In Kharkiv, with a population of about 1.5 million, at least six people were killed when the region鈥檚 Soviet-era administrative building on Freedom Square was hit with what was believed to be a missile.

    The Slovenian Foreign Ministry said its consulate in Kharkiv, located in another large building on the square, was destroyed in the attack.

    The attack on Freedom Square 鈥 Ukraine鈥檚 largest plaza, and the nucleus of public life in the city 鈥 was seen by many Ukrainians as brazen evidence that the Russian invasion wasn鈥檛 just about hitting military targets but also about breaking their spirit.

    The bombardment blew out windows and walls of buildings that ring the massive square, which was piled high with debris and dust. Inside one building, chunks of plaster were scattered, and doors, ripped from their hinges, lay across hallways.

    鈥淧eople are under the ruins. We have pulled out bodies,鈥 said Yevhen Vasylenko, an emergency official.

    Zelensky pronounced the attack on the square 鈥渇rank, undisguised terror鈥 and a war crime. 鈥淭his is state terrorism of the Russian Federation,鈥 he said.

    In an emotional appeal to the European Parliament later, Zelenskyy said: 鈥淲e are fighting also to be equal members of Europe. I believe that today we are showing everybody that is what we are.鈥

    Another Russian airstrike hit a residential area in the city of Zhytomyr, the town鈥檚 mayor said. Ukraine鈥檚 emergency services said Tuesday鈥檚 strike killed at least two people, set three homes on fire and broke the windows in a nearby hospital. About 140 kilometres west of Kyiv, Zhytomyr is the home of the elite 95th Air Assault Brigade, which may have been the intended target.

    Zelensky said 16 children had been killed around Ukraine on Monday, and he mocked Russia鈥檚 claim that it is going after only military targets.

    鈥淲here are the children? What kind of military factories do they work at? What tanks are they going at?鈥 Zelenskyy said.

    Human Rights Watch said it documented a cluster bomb attack outside a hospital in Ukraine鈥檚 east in recent days. Residents also reported the use of such weapons in Kharkiv and Kiyanka village. The Kremlin denied using cluster bombs.

    Cluster bombs shoot smaller 鈥渂omblets鈥 over a large area, many of which fail to explode until long after they鈥檝e been dropped. If their use is confirmed, that would represent a new level of brutality in the war and could lead to further isolation of Russia.

    The first talks between Russia and Ukraine since the invasion were held Monday, but ended with only an agreement to talk again. On Tuesday, Zelenskyy said Russia should stop bombing first.

    鈥淎s for dialogue, I think yes, but stop bombarding people first and start negotiating afterwards,鈥 he told CNN.

    In his speech, Biden announced that the U.S. was joining several other countries in closing its airspace to Russian planes. He also warned the country鈥檚 oligarchs that the Department of Justice was assembling a task force to investigate any crimes they committed.

    鈥淲e are joining with our European allies to find and seize your yachts, your luxury apartments, your private jets,鈥 he said. 鈥淲e are coming for your ill-begotten gains.鈥

    Biden trumpeted the toll global measures had taken on the Russian economy already, including a stock market plunge and currency devaluation.

    Moscow made new threats of escalation, days after raising the specter of nuclear war. A top Kremlin official warned that the West鈥檚 鈥渆conomic war鈥 against Russia could turn into a 鈥渞eal one.鈥

    Inside Russia, a top radio station critical of the Kremlin was taken off the air after authorities threatened to shut it down over its coverage of the invasion. Among other things, the Kremlin is not allowing the fighting to be referred to as an 鈥渋nvasion鈥 or 鈥渨ar.鈥

    Roughly 660,000 people have fled Ukraine, and countless others have taken shelter underground. Bomb damage has left hundreds of thousands of families without drinking water, UN humanitarian coordinator Martin Griffiths said.

    鈥淚t is a nightmare, and it seizes you from the inside very strongly. This cannot be explained with words,鈥 said Kharkiv resident Ekaterina Babenko, taking shelter in a basement with neighbors for a fifth straight day. 鈥淲e have small children, elderly people, and frankly speaking it is very frightening.鈥

    A Ukrainian military official said Belarusian troops joined the war Tuesday in the Chernihiv region in the north, without providing details. But just before that, Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said his country had no plans to join the fight.

    A senior U.S. defense official said that Russia鈥檚 military progress -- including by the massive convoy -- has slowed, plagued by logistical and supply problems. Some Russian military columns have run out of gas and food, the official said, and morale has suffered as a result.

    Overall, the Russian military has been stalled by fierce resistance on the ground and a surprising inability to completely dominate Ukraine鈥檚 airspace.

    The immense convoy, with vehicles packed together along narrow roads, would seemingly be 鈥渁 big fat target鈥 for Ukrainian forces, the senior Western intelligence official said on condition of anonymity.

    鈥淏ut it also shows you that the Russians feel pretty comfortable being out in the open in these concentrations because they feel that they鈥檙e not going to come under air attack or rocket or missile attack,鈥 the official said.

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    Isachenkov and Litvinova reported from Moscow. Mstyslav Chernov in Mariupol, Ukraine; Sergei Grits in Odesa, Ukraine; Robert Burns, Zeke Miller and Eric Tucker in Washington; Francesca Ebel, Josef Federman and Andrew Drake in Kyiv; Lorne Cook in Brussels; and other AP journalists from around the world contributed to this report.

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