7:46
According to the mayor of Mariupol, he is under heavy shelling.
The situation in Mariupol is “very difficult” due to a “humanitarian blockade” and heavy bombing, said the mayor of Mariupol, a strategic port in the country’s southeast that has been besieged by Russian forces.
As a result of shelling over the past few days, “thousands of people have been injured” and Russian forces have prevented the delivery of food and medicine, he said.
“The city of Mariupol no longer exists,” he said.
The evacuation of civilians was delayed on Saturday due to multiple Russian violations of the ceasefire, the Mariupol mayor’s office said, as Moscow accused Ukrainian “nationalists” of preventing civilians from leaving and using the truce to bolster their defenses.
7:40
Putin threatened to deprive Ukraine of “statehood”
The Russian army continues to put pressure on southern Ukraine and Kyiv on the eleventh day of the invasion this Sunday, and President Vladimir Putin is threatening to strip the country of its “status of a state.” On Saturday, he compared international sanctions against Russia to a “declaration of war.”
According to a Facebook post by the Ukrainian General Staff on Sunday, the Russian army continued its offensive, “concentrating its main efforts on encircling the cities of Kyiv, Kharkov (east) and Nikolaev (south).”
7:31
The Minister of the Armed Forces is expected in Romania this Sunday
French Minister of the Armed Forces Florence Parly, as well as the President, Prime Minister and Minister of the Armed Forces of Romania, are due to visit NATO troops stationed in Romania, close to the border with Ukraine, this Sunday.
France and Belgium rushed almost 800 soldiers after Russia’s attack on Ukraine to the NATO base “Mikhail Kogalniceanu”, where American soldiers are already stationed, near the port of Constanta.
The French Minister of the Armed Forces should, in particular, visit the French camp at this base, located less than 200 kilometers by road from the border with Ukraine.
7:16
Biden and Zelensky spoke out, among other things, about sanctions against Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Sunday that he had once again been on the phone with his US counterpart Joe Biden to discuss US financial support for Ukraine and sanctions against Russia.
“As part of the ongoing dialogue, I had a new conversation with @POTUS (President of the United States – ed. note). The agenda included issues of security, financial support for Ukraine and maintaining sanctions against Russia,” Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on Twitter. .
7:12
Good morning everyone
Good morning everyone. Welcome to this new live broadcast dedicated to the eleventh day of the Russian-Ukrainian war.
Watch the live broadcast of Saturday, March 5 here.