Ukraine's president said Russia's obsession with capturing a key port city had left its forces weakened and created opportunities for his military.
besieged southeastern coast awaited possible evacuation Sunday as the country's president said Russia's obsession with capturing a key port city had left its forces weakened and created opportunities for his military., and black smoke was seen rising above the city, which is where Ukraine's navy is headquartered. It is west of Mariupol, a smaller port that has been under attack for almost the entire war and rescuers are desperate to reach.
In Mariupol, conditions remained dire and prospects for escape uncertain. The surrounded city, which has been brutalized by some of the war's worst attacks, reported weeks ago that water, food, fuel and medicine were running out. About 100,000 people are believed to still be there, less than a quarter of the city's prewar population of 430,000.Victor/Xinhua via Getty Images
With Mariupol squarely in Russia's crosshairs, Ukraine insists it has gained a leg up elsewhere in the country. As his country's troops retook territory north of the capital of Kyiv from, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called on all Ukrainians to do whatever they could"to foil the enemy's tactics and weaken its capabilities."
While the geography of the battlefield morphed, little changed for many Ukrainians more than five weeks into a war that has sentfleeing the country as refugees and displaced millions more from their homes. In Bucha, northwest of the capital, Associated Press journalists watched as Ukrainian soldiers, backed by a column of tanks and other armored vehicles, used cables to drag bodies off of a street from a distance for fear they may have been booby-trapped. Locals said the dead — AP counted at least six — were civilians killed without provocation by departing Russian soldiers.
Inside the compound, the Mriya, one of the biggest planes ever built, lay wrecked underneath a hangar pockmarked with holes from the February attack.
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russia accuses Ukraine of striking oil depot in BelgorodUKRAINE-RUSSIA LATEST: 🔷 Kyiv suburb Bucha liberated from Russian forces, mayor says 🔷 Over 6,200 evacuated from southeastern Ukraine Friday 🔷 Ukraine, Russia hold talks on proposed security guarantee treaty
Read more »
Ukraine sees openings as Russia fixed on besieged MariupolResidents of Ukraine's besieged southeastern coast are awaiting possible evacuation as the country's president says Russia's obsession with capturing the key port city of Mariupol has created opportunities for his military.
Read more »
Ukraine sees openings as Russia fixed on besieged MariupolResidents of Ukraine's besieged southeastern coast are awaiting possible evacuation as the country's president says Russia's obsession with capturing the key port city of Mariupol has created opportunities for his military.
Read more »
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russians leaving 'catastrophic situation': ZelenskyyRoscosmos, the Russian state space corporation, said it will present the Russian government with proposals for discontinuing international cooperation on the International Space Station.
Read more »
Ukraine sees openings as Russia fixed on besieged MariupolResidents of Ukraine's besieged southeastern coast are awaiting possible evacuation as the country's president says Russia's obsession with capturing the key port city of Mariupol has created opportunities for his military.
Read more »
Ukraine sees openings as Russia fixed on besieged MariupolKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Residents of Ukraine’s besieged southeastern coast awaited possible evacuation Sunday as the country’s president said Russia’s obsession with capturing a key port city had left its forces weakened and created opportunities for his military .
Read more »