Day 5 of Russia-Ukraine war: Over 5,000 people, including 14 kids, killed so far
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More than 5,000 people, including military personnel and civilians, have lost their lives so far as the Russian assault on Ukraine entered the fifth day on Monday.The conflict began on Thursday after Russia’s President Vladimir Putin ordered wide-ranging attacks on Ukraine, hitting multiple cities and bases with air raids or shelling, and attacking by land and sea.The capital Kyiv, however, under a strict state-of-war curfew, continues to be on the edge as the sounds of gunfire and blasts periodically reverberate through the city. The UN said that by Saturday at least 134 from the Ukrainian military had been killed.Russian Defence Ministry spokesman Maj Gen Igor Konashenkov on Sunday said, “There are dead and wounded among our comrades”, without giving any numbers.He added that Russia's losses were “many times” fewer than those of the Ukrainian force.But Ukraine’s defence ministry has claimed that Russia has lost approximately 5,300 servicemen and suffered heavy losses in its arsenal. Russian forces have seized two small cities in southeastern Ukraine and the area around a nuclear power plant, the Interfax news agency said.As the war rages on, Ukraine and Russia decided to hold ceasefire talks in Belarus.It was not clear whether any progress could be achieved after Russian President Vladimir Putin put Russia`s nuclear-armed units on high alert on Sunday.