Russia claims to have captured Ukrainian port city
Russia claimed Wednesday to have captured Ukraine's southern port city of Kherson, the largest Ukrainian city to fall to Russian forces since the start of the invasion.
"Russian forces have taken full control of the Kherson regional center," Russian Ministry of Defense spokesman Igor Konashenkov said at a press briefing Wednesday.
Russia-backed separatist forces in eastern Ukraine have also seized several cities and towns, advancing nearly 100 miles since launching the offensive, according to Konashenkov.
"Ukrainian servicemen will go home as soon as they make a written pledge not to take part in the hostilities," he said.
![PHOTO: View from a Russian Army aviation helicopter as it escorts units of Russian Armed Forces during their invasion of Ukraine at in unspecified location in this screen grab obtained from social media video, March 2, 2022.](https://s.abcnews.com/images/International/russian-army-helicopter-rt-220_hpEmbed_20220302-050959_16x9_992.jpg)
Meanwhile, Russian forces have "disabled" the instrument room of the the main television tower in Ukraine's capital, Kyiv, "putting an end to information attacks on Russia," according to Konashenkov, who noted that "no damage was done to residential buildings in the course of the strike."
Konashenkov also claimed that Russian aircraft had delivered a "massive strike" on Ukraine's military infrastructure on Wednesday.
"Sixty-seven sites have been hit," he added. "In all, 1,502 elements of Ukrainian military infrastructure have been disabled in the course of the operation. These include 51 command and communications centers belonging to the Ukrainian Armed Forces, 38 S-300, Buk M-1 and Osa air defense missile systems and 51 radar stations."
-ABC News' Anastasia Bagaeva