A new satellite image shows a blown-up theater in Mariupol completely destroyed as city council said trapped residents are being taken to Russia against their will. Meanwhile, dozens of Ukrainian servicemen have reportedly been killed in a strike on a barracks in Mykolaiv.
Here are the latest developments:
Russia did not achieve air superiority: The British military said that Russian forces have so far failed to establish control over Ukrainian airspace. An intelligence assessment provided by the UK Department of Defense states that Russia has failed to achieve air superiority over Ukraine and is heavily dependent on weapons “launched from relatively safe Russian airspace to strike targets inside Ukraine.”
Residents of Mariupol are forced to leave for Russia: Residents of the besieged Mariupol are being taken to Russian territory by Russian troops against their will, the Mariupol City Council reported. According to the city council, the captured residents were taken to camps, where the Russian military checked their phones and documents. Then they were redirected to remote Russian cities. The besieged city of Mariupol is under constant bombardment, with residents distributing food and water on ration cards as dead bodies remain on the streets, according to a Ukrainian army major. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called what Russian troops did to Mariupol “an act of terror that will be remembered for ages.”
Ukrainian military killed in a missile attack: In Nikolaev, in southern Ukraine, rescue work continues at the site of a missile attack on military barracks, regional official Vitaliy Kim said. According to journalists from the Swedish branch of CNN Expressen, who arrived at the scene, dozens of servicemen were killed as a result of the attack by Russian troops.
Russia uses hypersonic missile: US officials have confirmed that Russia fired hypersonic missiles against Ukraine last week, the first known use of such missiles in combat. Russia said it used powerful hypersonic missiles on Friday to destroy an ammunition depot in western Ukraine.
Russian bombing of civilians continues: Two children and a woman have died in the eastern town of Rubezhnoye after they were dragged from the rubble of an apartment building hit by Russian artillery, emergency services said. In Kyiv, a mother covered her one-month-old baby with her body during the shelling of their house, according to the National Children’s Specialized Hospital “Okhmatdit”. The child was not injured, but the mother received multiple injuries, the hospital said. US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Russia continues to make “incremental gains” in southern Ukraine and is using “brutal, savage methods” to attack civilians.
More than 6,600 people were evacuated along evacuation corridors: At least 6,623 people were rescued through evacuation corridors from besieged Ukrainian cities on Saturday, said Kyrylo Tymoshenko, a senior official in President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office. Tymoshenko said that 4,128 people, including 1,172 children, had been evacuated from Mariupol to Zaporozhye. Zelenskiy said eight evacuation corridors were open on Saturday, but due to Russian shelling, authorities were unable to evacuate people from Borodyanka in the Kyiv region. The authorities also failed to deliver humanitarian aid to cities in the south of the Kherson region.
Zelensky highlights Nestle: Zelensky addressed the Swiss via video link, urging Switzerland to take further action against Russia. He singled out the Swiss company Nestle, which, unlike many other major brands, has not left the Russian market. “Your company that refuses to leave Russia. Even now, when there are threats from Russia to other European countries. Not only to us. When there is even nuclear blackmail from Russia,” he said.