Russia's war in Ukraine
This weekend many Ukrainians will attempt to celebrate one of their most important holidays of the year, Orthodox Easter, two months after the country was thrust into a devastating war.
Ukrainian presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak said Russian forces were "continuously attacking" the encircled Azovstal steel plant in the besieged city of Mariupol on Easter Sunday. The site has become one of the last significant holdouts of Ukrainian forces in the city, and is sheltering hundreds of soldiers and civilians.
Russia launched missile strikes at the southwestern port city of Odesa on Saturday, killing at least eight people, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Heavy fighting also continues in eastern Ukraine.
Russia revealed the goal of its invasion is to take "full control" of southern Ukraine as well as the eastern Donbas region and to establish a land corridor connecting Russia to Crimea, the peninsula it annexed in 2014.
Zelensky said he will be meeting with the US secretary of state and defense secretary on Sunday in Kyiv. The White House has yet to confirm.
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-04-24-22/index.html
Comments