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We are simply being destroyed, the mayor said in a televised speech. According to the RBK Ukraine portal, the mayor also stated that 300 people had already suffered injuries in the city. He previously warned that the exact number of injured could not be determined due to the constant shelling.
The Ukrainian National Guard said that a heavy battle with the enemy was taking place near the city. “Ukrainian defenders maintain the defense of Mariupol and prevent the enemy from entering the city,” the guard wrote on the Telegram. According to Ukrainian defenders, the port city is the last obstacle that prevents the attackers from creating a land corridor between Russia and Crimea.
Presidential Adviser Oleksiy Arestovych said the port was facing an attack, but the situation is still under control and Ukrainian forces are succeeding in preventing Russian attempts to encircle the city. The humanitarian situation in Mariupol remains tense and is the subject of negotiations between the Ukrainian delegation and the Russians, as well as international partners.
The pearl of the Black Sea, Odessa, prepares to receive the blow of the Russian bear
At a round of talks between Ukraine and Russia on Thursday, the two sides agreed to support the idea of humanitarian corridors for the evacuation of civilians. The Ukrainian authorities in Kherson accused the Russians of not allowing the creation of “green zones”.
Volunteer Olena, whose relatives live in the city, also described the critical situation in the city on the Ukrainian Truth website. According to her, people are afraid to go out on the street, spend time in shelters and basements, save energy residues in telephone batteries and wait for the creation of corridors for evacuation.
According to Olena, Ukrainians are trying to find information about their loved ones who stayed in the city in groups on social networks. The task is complicated by the fact that Mariupol is without electricity. However, some people sometimes manage to call the city briefly and find out the details, which they then share with other people on the Internet.
Ukrainian forces successfully detain the Russians
Problems with water, electricity, and heat shortages are also reported by other Ukrainian cities, such as Shostka and Konotop in the Sumy region. The army announced that it had managed to stop a Russian convoy of armor heading for Kyiv in the area in the north of the country.
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European stocks fell to almost an annual low due to fears of the consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The STOXX Europe 600 index lost about 3.6 percent.
In Teplice, people protested against the Russian-induced war in Ukraine.
The British retail chains Sainsbury’s, Waitrose, Morrisons, and Co-op will remove Russian vodka and other products made in Russia from their grocery stores in protest against the invasion of Ukraine. The British media reported about it today. Customers do not buy, for example, Russian vodka Standard or sunflower seeds. The popular stuffed chicken fillets Chicken Kiev are to be renamed Chicken Kyiv in honor of Ukraine so that the name reflects the transcription of the metropolis from Ukrainian.
The Ukrainian army is successful elsewhere. Russian forces were pushed out of Mykolaiv. Fighting continues around the city, said Regional Governor Vitaly Kim. The Ukrainians came under the control of Kulbakin Airport. ¨
The Ukrainian Air Force still has “the vast majority” of its aircraft and helicopters at its disposal more than a week after the start of the Russian invasion. It also still has drones and air defense systems with ground-to-air missiles, an unnamed senior official of the US Department of Defense told the media during a regular briefing.
A number of experts predicted that Russia, with the world’s second-largest air force after the United States, would decommission the Ukrainian Air Force very soon after the attack, but still clearly failed to gain full air superiority over Ukraine.
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