Drowned by the loss of its flagship in the Black Sea and outraged by the alleged Ukrainian aggression on Russian soil, the Russian military administration had warned of new rocket attacks on the Ukrainian capital. Officials in Moscow said they were targeting military bases, a claim that was repeated – and denied by witnesses – during the 52-day war. Trumpchaninova mourns her son, who she says was shot dead the day before Russian troops withdrew from Bukha, on the outskirts of Kiev. (Emilio Morenatt / The Associated Press)
But the report goes much deeper. Every day brings new discoveries of civilians victims of an invasion that has shaken European security. As Russia prepared for the impending attack, a mother cried over the body of her 15-year-old son after rockets hit a residential area in the northeastern city of Kharkov. An infant and at least eight other people were killed in the attack, officials said. Also Saturday, the mayor of Kiev said one person was killed and several others were injured in rocket attacks there. Vitali Klitschko said doctors were at the scene of the attacks, caring for the injured. “Kyiv was and remains the target of the attacker,” he said. Smoke rose early Saturday from eastern Kyiv as the mayor reported a strike in the Darnytskyi district of the city. He advised residents who had left the city earlier in the war not to return for their own safety. A woman examines the wreckage of her ruined house in the Ukrainian village of Rusaniv, just east of Kiev, on Saturday. (Genya Savilov / AFP / Getty Images)
“We do not rule out further strikes in the capital,” Klitschko said. “We can not forbid, we can only suggest. If you have the opportunity to stay a little longer in cities where it is safer, do it.” Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said Russian forces had targeted an armored factory in Kyiv. He did not specify exactly where the plant is located in Kyiv, but there is one in the Darnytskyi area. Konashenkov said the plant was among several Ukrainian military sites hit by “high-precision long-range air weapons.” As the US and Europe send new weapons to Ukraine, the strategy could be aimed at thwarting Ukraine’s defense before what is expected to be a full-scale Russian offensive in the east. It was the second strike in the Kiev region in two days. Another bomber struck shortly after noon in front of a police recruiting center at Kisak, killing at least 20 people and wounding dozens more. In the Kiev region alone, Ukrainian authorities said they had found the bodies of more than 900 civilians, most of whom had been shot dead, following the withdrawal of Russian troops two weeks ago. Firefighters are working to extinguish the fire in a shopping center and surrounding buildings in Kharkov, Ukraine, on Saturday, following a reported Russian rocket attack. (Chris McGrath / Getty Images)
Kyiv was one of the many targets on Saturday. The office of the Ukrainian president reported rocket attacks and bombings in the last 24 hours in eight areas across the country. In eastern Ukraine, Kharkiv was hit by an explosion believed to have been caused by a rocket, according to firefighters and journalists at the scene. The strike near a flea market and residential and industrial buildings killed at least one person and injured at least 18, according to rescue workers, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment. “Upon arrival, it was found that the administrative industrial building was on fire,” said Yevshen Vasilenko, a spokesman for the Ukrainian State Emergency Service. “The area of ​​the fire was about 1,500 square meters. The blast wave caused partial damage to nearby buildings, including high-rise apartment buildings.” CLOCKS Russia hits Kyiv after sinking key warship:

Russia strikes Kyiv after sinking major warship

Russia reacted angrily to the loss of its naval flagship, the Moskva, and a rocket rain fell on Kyiv after it sank. 2:23
“All the windows, all the furniture – all damaged. And the door too”, said the surprised Valentina Ulianova. Elsewhere, long-range missiles were used to destroy a military repair facility at the Black Sea Shipyard in Mykolaiv, the Interfax news agency reported, citing the Russian Defense Ministry.

Russia says it controls the Mariupol steel plant

Fighting continued in the southern port city of Mariupol, where locals said they saw Russian troops digging bodies on Friday. The Russian Defense Ministry said on Friday that its forces had full control of the Mariupol steel and iron plant in Ilyich, one of the largest remaining outposts of Ukrainian forces in the city. The report could not be confirmed. If Moscow captures Mariupol, it would be the first major city to fall since Russian forces began their invasion on February 24. The occupation of Mariupol will allow Russian forces in the south, which came through the annexed Crimean peninsula, to fully connect with troops in the Donbas region, the eastern industrial heart of Ukraine. The Russian military is constantly calling for additional units to invade the city, Ukrainian Defense Ministry spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk said in a statement on Friday. Ukrainians are waiting for a train to leave their country at the station in Lviv, in western Ukraine, on Friday. (Emilio Morenatt / The Associated Press)
The ongoing attack follows Russia’s announcement on Friday that it would intensify long-range strikes in retaliation for unspecified acts of “sabotage” and “terrorism” hours after it confirmed the sinking of its Black Sea flagship, Moskva. Kyiv and Washington say the ship was hit by Ukrainian missiles in a spectacular display of Ukraine’s military success against a much better armed enemy. Moscow said the ship sank after a fire.

Aircraft from Belarus strike in Lviv

Explosions were heard in the early hours of Saturday in the western city of Lviv, local media reported. The governor of the Lviv region – far from the Russian border and an area that has long been considered a relatively safe zone – reported airstrikes in the area by Russian Su-35 jets that took off from neighboring Belarus on Saturday. Maksym Kozytskyy did not provide details about possible casualties or damage. Ukraine’s air defense system shot down four cruise missiles, Kozytskyy said. Officials estimate that 2,500 to 3,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in the war, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in an interview with CNN on Friday. He said about 10,000 had been injured and it was “difficult to say how many will survive”. The Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine announced on Saturday that at least 200 children were killed and more than 360 were injured. The UN human rights office said it had confirmed the deaths of 1,982 civilians, but warned that the number did not include people killed in besieged cities such as Mariupol, and the actual number was almost certain to be significantly higher. Russia’s warning of escalating attacks in the capital came after Russian authorities on Thursday accused Ukraine of injuring seven people and damaging about 100 residential buildings in air strikes in Bryansk, an area bordering Ukraine. Ukrainian officials have not confirmed targets in Russia and the reports could not be verified by an independent.

Russia bans Johnson, other British politicians

Russia’s Foreign Ministry announced on Saturday that it had barred British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, Foreign Minister Liz Tras, Secretary of Defense Ben Wallace and 10 other members of the British government and politicians from entering the country. The move was made “in view of the unprecedented hostility of the British government, in particular the imposition of sanctions on senior Russian officials,” the ministry said in a statement, adding that it would expand the list soon. The Kremlin has described Johnson, one of Ukraine’s most ardent supporters, as “the most active participant in the race to be anti-Russian.” CLOCKS The ruthless repression of the anti-war dispute by Russia:

The ruthless repression of the anti-war dispute by Russia

Russia has become increasingly ruthless in suppressing anti-war dissent with more arrests, police rallies at public events and even arrests of people simply because they spoke in foreign stores. 2:28
One week ago, Johnson visited Kyiv, where he and the Ukrainian president praised each other for their cooperation after the Russian invasion, which Moscow calls a “special operation.” “The United Kingdom and our international partners are united in condemning the Russian government’s actions in Ukraine and calling on the Kremlin to end the war,” said a spokesman for the British government in response to Moscow’s decision to ban Johnson and others. . “We remain committed to our support for Ukraine,” he said.