A video posted on social media captured the second a Ukrainian man was nearly killed by a missile strike whereas recording a message.

"We used up all of the donations, purchased fundamental supplies and provisions, took them to the shelters, now wrapping as much as depart," the person says within the video, seconds earlier than he's pressured to run for canopy.

The clip has amassed greater than 50,000 views because it was posted on Twitter by Olexander Scherba, Ukraine's former ambassador to Austria, on Wednesday.

"Volunteer practically killed whereas recording a video message," Scherba wrote alongside the clip.

It was not instantly clear the place the footage was filmed. Nevertheless it got here as Russia reportedly escalated its assaults on city areas as its invasion of Ukraine entered a seventh day.

On Wednesday, a 40-mile convoy of Russian tanks and different autos continued to advance on Kyiv, the capital, the place the principle TV tower was taken out in a Tuesday assault.

Russian forces are additionally attacking Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest metropolis, with airstrikes which have killed at the least 21 folks, in response to Ukrainian officers.

In Konotop, a metropolis in northeastern Ukraine, Russian troopers reportedly threatened to raze the town except it surrendered.

Additionally they focused strategically essential elements of Ukraine, together with the port metropolis of Mariupol within the south, the place a whole bunch are feared useless.

The town's deputy mayor, Sergiy Orlov, advised BBC Information that one densely populated district was "practically completely destroyed" following nearly 15 hours of fixed shelling.

"The Russian military is working by means of all their weapons right here—artillery, a number of rocket launch methods, airplanes, tactical rockets," Orlov stated. "They're attempting to destroy the town."

Ukrainian almost killed by missile
A video captured the second a Ukrainian man was nearly killed by a missile strike whereas recording a message.Twitter

In a video posted Wednesday on Fb, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated Russian troops had been ordered to "erase our nation" and praised Ukrainians as "an emblem of invincibility." His message got here after Ukraine foiled an assassination plot concentrating on him, in response to the pinnacle of Ukraine's Nationwide Safety Council Oleksiy Danilov.

On Tuesday night time, President Joe Biden devoted the primary 12 minutes of his first State of the Union handle to Ukraine, praising the braveness of the nation's folks and condemning Russian President Vladimir Putin's assault.

"From President Zelensky to each Ukrainian, their fearlessness, their braveness, their willpower, actually evokes the world," Biden stated. "Teams of residents blocking tanks with their our bodies. Everybody from college students to retirees to academics turned troopers defending their homeland."

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