The Russian troops in Ukraine continue their aggressive war with shelling and fighting for individual cities. An overview of what happened during the night.
- in the Ukraine conflict* Fighting for the city of Mariupol is becoming more and more fierce.
- The Russian army uses the Ukraine war* Continues its advance on Kyiv and bombards cities in southern Ukraine.
- war in the Ukraine*: The latest developments in the news ticker.
Kyiv – In the Ukraine war, the Russian army is increasing the pressure on the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. In addition, the war has reached the western Ukrainian metropolis of Lviv for the first time, where many refugees are gathering. The city was rocked by explosions on the 18th day of the invasion. A reporter from the German Press Agency reported several detonations on Sunday morning. An air alert was triggered. It was initially unclear what exactly the target of the attacks was. Southwest of Lviv is an airport. There is also a Ukrainian military base on the border with Poland.
Meanwhile, fighting is being reported in the outskirts of the besieged port city of Mariupol, where several hundred thousand civilians are stranded. According to Ukrainian data, on the 18th day of the invasion, Russian troops continue to try to capture other cities. An overview of the events:
War in Ukraine: Russian units want to storm Mariupol
According to Ukrainian sources, Russian units are still trying to storm the city of Mariupol. With the support of Russian troops, pro-Russian separatists advanced into the eastern outskirts, according to the Ukrainian armed forces. A Russian offensive is also imminent in the city of Sievjerodonetsk with 100,000 inhabitants in the Luhansk region. In the south of the country, Russian troops built up forces at the industrial city of Kryvyi Rih with more than 600,000 inhabitants. The information was not independently verifiable.
Ukraine War: Evacuation in Mariupol failed again
Another attempt to evacuate civilians in the port city of Mariupol in south-eastern Ukraine, which was besieged by the Russian army, failed. The Russian Ministry of Defense announced that 50 buses could not leave because of shelling. Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said the column was held at a checkpoint for five hours. There should be another attempt on Sunday. Elsewhere, the escape corridors would have worked, said the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy*. A total of 12,729 people were able to leave besieged and embattled towns that day, the majority of them from the northeastern city of Sumy.
Ukraine war: Zelenskyj threatens Russian collaborators
Meanwhile, Zelenskyy is threatening possible Russian collaborators in Ukraine. Anyone who is tempted by offers from the Russian occupiers is signing their own verdict, he said in a video message published on Sunday night. “The verdict is to follow more than 12,000 occupiers who could not understand in time why Ukraine should not be attacked.” Most recently, the Ukrainian side said that more than 12,000 Russian soldiers had been killed in the war in Ukraine.
Ukraine war: According to Selenskyj, resistance is having an effect on the Russian position
After the stubborn military resistance of the Ukrainians, Zelenskyj sees the first changes in the position of Russia*. “Now they have started talking about something – and not just making ultimatums,” he told international journalists in Kyiv on Saturday. The 44-year-old says he’s happy with it, as it’s the first time in over two years that Moscow has been willing to engage in dialogue.
Sviatohirsk Ascension Monastery damaged in the Ukraine War
According to Ukrainian reports, the Ascension Monastery was damaged during fighting in the eastern Ukrainian city of Sviatohirsk in the Donetsk region. Late on Saturday evening, an aerial bomb detonated about 50 meters from the entrance to the monastery, the Internet newspaper Ukrajinska Pravda reported. Windows and church facilities were destroyed to varying degrees by the blast. (cs/dpa)*fr.de is an offer from IPPEN.MEDIA.
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