“The best way to understand Maks is to look at his work,” Lyseiko said. "That is, the offensive is going well."Īrestovych - who gives regular briefings on Ukrainian television - also urged people to return to normal life, saying, "In those areas that are liberated from the enemy, that do not pose an immediate threat, and even more so in the cities of Central and Western Ukraine or in the East and Center of Ukraine, where there is no immediate threat, economic recovery is critical to restoring normal social and political life, even psychological life." "We seize a lot of equipment that is empty, without fuel, and transfer it to the Armed Forces of Ukraine," he said. "But - listen carefully - it will not be easy there."Īrestovych and other senior Ukrainian officials have stepped up calls in recent days for the US and its allies to deliver more heavy weaponry. Speaking during his daily briefing, Arestovych said the main directions of the military over the past day were the Kyiv region, where Ukrainian troops reclaimed more than 30 settlements from Russian control. "I think we will take back Mariupol, eastern Ukraine, and the south," he said.
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More than 6,200 people were evacuated from Ukrainian cities on Friday, Vereshchuk said.Īttacks reported in eastern and central Ukraine: Russian forces targeted a major Ukrainian oil refinery in the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk in a series of strikes Saturday morning, according to a spokesperson for the country's military.Īt least four people were injured by explosions amid protests against Russian occupation in the central Ukrainian town of Enerhodar, the country's state nuclear power company Energoatom said.Īdditionally, a Luhansk regional official said Russian forces had shelled people evacuating from towns that have seen heavy fighting. And the head of the regional military administration of Ukraine's central Dnipropetrovsk region said Russian strikes had interrupted rail traffic and caused a fire.
Turkey has also offered to evacuate people trapped in Mariupol. In addition, an International Committee of the Red Cross team left for Mariupol on Saturday. As the sun sets on Saturday in Ukraine, here's what you need to know.Įvacuation efforts continue: Seven evacuation corridors were scheduled in Ukraine on Saturday, according to Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk, including the route from the besieged southern port city of Mariupol to the Ukrainian government-held city of Zaporizhzhia.
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