俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京发起全面入侵在邻国乌克兰，双方仍在争夺乌克兰东部和南部地区的控制权。
乌克兰军队已经从俄罗斯军队手中解放了近3万平方英里的领土自从入侵开始2022年2月24日，但是普京似乎在准备一场漫长而血腥的战争。数万名俄罗斯和乌克兰士兵已经死在战场上，而乌克兰平民继续受到俄罗斯导弹的恐吓。
据报道，乌克兰发生多起导弹袭击
据报道，全国各地的城市中心发生了多起爆炸，包括第聂伯罗、敖德萨、基辅、扎波罗热、温尼察、赫梅利尼茨基和哈尔科夫。
多个地区的居民被要求就地避难，多个地区的通信和电力受到影响。
哈尔科夫州长Oleh Syniehubov表示，俄罗斯在一夜之间袭击了该市至少15次。
敖德萨地区军事管理机构负责人表示，没有人员伤亡，电力供应受到限制。
乌克兰称其没有参与北溪管道爆炸事件
乌克兰国防部长Oleksiy Reznikov否认乌克兰参与了北溪管道的爆炸事件，该管道将天然气从俄罗斯输送到德国。去年9月爆炸发生时，这条管道并未运行，但里面装满了燃料。
否认发生在《纽约时报》报道美国官员审查的情报显示，一个亲乌克兰的组织实施了去年的北溪爆炸案。
故事爆出后，德国国防部长鲍里斯·皮斯托瑞斯(Boris Pistorius)警告说，不要对谁实施了爆炸“妄下结论”，暗示这可能是一场指责乌克兰的“假旗”行动。
据报道，德国当局能够确定用于破坏行动的船只，称一个由五名男子和一名女子组成的小组使用伪造护照从一家由乌克兰公民拥有的波兰公司租赁了一艘游艇。根据德国ARD广播公司和德国时代报的另一篇报道，行凶者的国籍尚不清楚。
“我们必须明确区分这是一个乌克兰组织，还是可能是在乌克兰的命令下发生的，或者是一个在政府不知情的情况下行动的亲乌克兰组织。但我警告不要妄下结论，”皮斯托瑞斯在斯德哥尔摩峰会间隙表示。
一名俄罗斯外交官表示，俄罗斯不相信美国在情报结论上的“公正性”。
俄罗斯和乌克兰交换战俘
据乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽伦斯基(Volodymyr Zelenskyy)和俄罗斯国际文传电讯社(Interfax)报道，俄罗斯和乌克兰周二交换了200多名战俘。
泽伦斯基在他的每日晚间讲话中说，130名乌克兰人“从俄罗斯俘虏中被带回家”，包括陆军、海军和国民警卫队的士兵和中士。
“正如我们记得我们国家被占领的每一个角落一样，我们也记得被俄罗斯关押的每一个人，”他说。
据国际文传电讯社报道，尽管俄罗斯表示乌克兰最初同意释放160名俄罗斯人，但仍有90名俄罗斯人被乌克兰方面释放回俄罗斯。
据国际文传电讯社(Interfax)报道，俄罗斯联邦人权监察员塔季扬娜·莫斯卡尔科娃(Tatyana Moskalkova)表示，“在周二交换战俘的过程中，乌克兰方面只同意遣返90名俄罗斯人，尽管此前达成了‘用160名交换160名’的协议。”。
西方官员称，巴赫穆特有多达3万名俄罗斯人伤亡
在过去的几个月里，多达30，000名俄罗斯士兵在巴赫穆特被杀或受伤乌克兰东部城市发生激烈战斗西方官员在周二的新闻发布会上说。
官员们说，死亡和受伤的比例“不清楚”，他们认为乌克兰拒绝从该市撤军是“合理的策略”，因为“很多俄罗斯人正在被杀害”，尽管乌克兰军队被三面包围
aris Messinis/法新社通过Getty Images，文件
乌克兰士兵向俄军阵地发射一门105毫米榴弹炮.
“我们看到的是俄罗斯以极小的代价造成了可怕的伤亡，”他们说，并指出自战争开始以来，估计已有20万俄罗斯士兵伤亡。
乌克兰东部部队发言人Serhiy Chevrevaty在周二的一次全国电视节目中说，在过去的24小时内，巴赫穆特有244名俄罗斯士兵死亡，315人受伤。
官员们拒绝透露巴赫穆特及其周边地区有多少乌克兰人丧生或受伤，但声称“明显更低”。
他们也无法给出乌克兰撤军的明确时间表，但指出不应排除乌克兰反攻的可能性。
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Multiple missile strikes reported across Ukraine
One year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launcheda full-scale invasionof neighboring Ukraine, both sides are still fighting for control of areas in eastern and southern Ukraine.
Ukrainian troops have liberated nearly 30,000 square miles of their territory from Russian forcessince the invasion beganon Feb. 24, 2022, but Putinappears to be preparingfor a long and bloody war. Tens of thousands of Russian and Ukrainian soldiers have already died on the battlefield, while Ukrainian civilians continue to be terrorized by Russian missiles.
Multiple missile strikes reported across Ukraine
Multiple explosions have been reported in city centers all over the country, including Dnipro, Odesa, Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Vinnycya, Khmelnitsky and Kharkiv.
Residents in multiple areas are being asked to shelter in place, and communication and electricity has been impacted in multiple areas.
The governor of Kharkiv, Oleh Syniehubov, said Russia struck the city at least 15 times overnight.
The head of the Odesa Regional Military Administration said there had been no casualties and that the power supply is being restricted.
Ukraine says it was not involved in Nord Stream Pipeline bombings
Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov denied Ukraine was involved in the bombing of the Nord Stream pipeline, which carries natural gas from Russia to Germany. While the pipeline was not active at the time of the bombing last September, it was filled with fuel.
The denial comes afterThe New York Times reportedthat intelligence reviewed by U.S. officials suggests a pro-Ukrainian group carried out the Nord Stream bombings last year.
After the story broke, German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius warned against “jumping to conclusions” about who carried out the explosion, suggesting it could have been a “false flag” operation to blame Ukraine.
German authorities were reportedly able to identify the boat used for the sabotage operation, saying a group of five men and one woman using forged passports rented a yacht from a Poland-based company owned by Ukrainian citizens. The nationalities of the perpetrators are unclear, according to a separate report by Germany’s ARD broadcaster and Zeit newspaper.
“We have to make a clear distinction whether it was a Ukrainian group, whether it may have happened at Ukrainian orders, or a pro-Ukrainian group [acting] without knowledge of the government. But I am warning against jumping to conclusions,” Pistorius said on the sidelines of a summit in Stockholm.
A Russian diplomat said Russia has no faith in the U.S.‘s “impartiality” in the conclusions made from intelligence.
Russia and Ukraine exchange prisoners of war
Russia and Ukraine exchanged over 200 prisoners of war on Tuesday, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Interfax, a Russian news agency.
During his daily evening address, Zelenskyy said 130 Ukrainians were "brought home from Russian captivity," including privates and sergeants from the army, navy and national guard.
"Just as we remember every corner of our country that is under occupation, we remember every single person in Russian captivity," he said.
Ninety Russians were released from the Ukrainian side back to Russia, though Russia said Ukraine originally agreed to release 160 Russians, Interfax reported.
"During the exchange of prisoners of war on Tuesday, the Ukrainian side agreed to return only 90 Russians, despite an earlier agreement on the exchange of '160 for 160,'" Tatyana Moskalkova, human rights ombudsman for the Russian Federation said, according to Interfax.
Up to 30,000 Russian casualties in Bakhmut: Western officials
Up to 30,000 Russian soldiers have been killed or injured in Bakhmut over the last several months amidintense fighting in the eastern Ukrainian city, Western officials said in a briefing Tuesday.
The ratio of dead to injured was "unclear," said the officials, who described Ukraine’s refusal to withdraw from the city -- even though its forces are surrounded on three sides -- as "a sound tactic" given that "lots of Russians are being killed."
"What we're seeing is a horrific level of Russian casualties for minimal gains," they said, noting that an estimated 200,000 Russian soldiers have been killed or wounded overall since the war began.
In the past 24 hours, 244 Russian troops were killed and 315 wounded in Bakhmut, Serhiy Chevrevaty, a spokesman for Ukraine's eastern group of forces, said during a national telethon on Tuesday.
The officials refused to say how many Ukrainians have been killed or injured in and around Bakhmut but claimed it was "significantly lower."
They also were unable to put a clear time frame on when a Ukrainian withdrawal might come, though noted the possibility of a Ukrainian counteroffensive should not be ruled out.
