Russian forces have kept up their barrage of southern Ukraine, hitting the major Black Sea port of Odesa with cruise missiles and bombarding the steelworks up the coast in Mariupol. The last civilians have been evacuated from the plant.
, forced millions to flee their homes and destroyed large swaths of some cities.
The most intense fighting in recent days has been in eastern Ukraine, where the two sides are entrenched in a fierce battle to capture or reclaim territory. Moscow’s offensive there has focused on the Donbas, where Russia-backed separatists have been fighting since 2014.The governor of Luhansk region, one of two that make up the Donbas, said a Russian strike destroyed a school in the village of Bilogorivka where 90 people were seeking safety in the basement. Gov.
Those forces are on “full combat readiness,” Ukraine said, without giving details on how it came to the assessment. A satellite image taken Sunday morning and analyzed by The Associated Press showed smoke rising from two sites on the island. On the island’s southern edge, a fire smoked next to debris. That corresponded to a video released by the Ukrainian military early Sunday showing its strike on a Russian helicopter that had flown to the island, possibly to aid troops wounded in attacks the day before.
He added that work would also continue Sunday on securing humanitarian corridors for residents of Mariupol and surrounding towns to leave.
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