KYIV: Ukraine Russian forces upped the pressure on Kyiv Saturday and pummeled civilian areas in other Ukrainian cities, amid fresh efforts to deliver aid to the devastated port...
KYIV: Ukraine Russian forces upped the pressure on Kyiv Saturday and pummeled civilian areas in other Ukrainian cities, amid fresh efforts to deliver aid to the devastated port city of Mariupol.Both Ukrainian and Russian officials on Saturday described the quickly worsening humanitarian situation as 'catastrophic.
According to Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk, nine of the 14 humanitarian corridors opened were successful.Nearly 13,000 people were able to evacuate on Saturday on those routes, while the remaining five were blocked by factors such as Russian troops or shooting, she said.Russian troops shot at a group of women and children leaving a village near Kyiv, killing seven, including a child, the Ukrainian military intelligence service reported.
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