In the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, Russian troops on Saturday attempted to raid a steel mill housing soldiers and civilians in an effort to crush the final vestiges of resistance in a location of great symbolic and strategic importance to Moscow, according to Ukrainian authorities.
After Russian troops bombarded neighboring Ukrainian cities and villages in the south and east, the Kremlin declared that its military had taken control of the whole destroyed city save for the Azovstal facility.
As many as six people were killed when Russia launched cruise missiles toward the Black Sea port city of Odesa, according to local authorities.
In the southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol, Russian troops on Saturday attempted to raid a steel mill housing soldiers and civilians in an effort to crush the final vestiges of resistance in a location of great symbolic and strategic importance to Moscow, according to Ukrainian authorities.
After Russian troops bombarded neighboring Ukrainian cities and villages in the south and east, the Kremlin declared that its military had taken control of the whole destroyed city save for the Azovstal facility.
As many as six people were killed when Russia launched cruise missiles toward the Black Sea port city of Odesa, according to local authorities.
As the battle for the port ground on, Russia said it had taken control of several villages elsewhere in the eastern Donbas region and destroyed 11 Ukrainian military targets overnight, including three artillery warehouses. Russian attacks also struck populated areas.
Associated Press journalists observed shelling in residential areas of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city; regional Gov. Oleh Sinehubov said three people were killed. In the Luhansk area of the Donbas, Gov. Serhiy Haidai said six people died during the shelling of a village, Gorskoi.
