Russia-Ukraine war: Civilians must be dug from Azovstal by hand, says Zelenskiy; Russia claims strikes kill 600 Ukrainian fighters – live

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Ukraine president says heavy equipment cannot be used to release women and children; Russia says strikes have destroyed aviation equipment

The Russian Belgorod villages of Zhuravlevka and Nekhoteevka have been shelled byRussia’s RIA news agency quotes his Telegram channel saying “a house and a garage were destroyed in Nekhoteevka. There were no casualties among the civilian population. The shelling continues.”Gen Richard Dannatt

It would appear they’ve now resumed the direct attack in order to try and snuff out the remaining parts of the resistance, so that they can claim on Monday that they have captured Mariupol, and therefore they have completed their land corridor from Crimea through the Donbas into Russia proper. He suggested Russian President Vladimir Putin was in a position to declare a victory because “he has control over the state media. He can say what he likes. And tragically a large proportion of the Russian people will believe what he says.”

 

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