Ukraine war: Russian 'looting' in Kherson; Mariupol mass graves; Sean Penn in Kyiv
The Ukrainian military has accused Russian troops of continuing to loot and destroy infrastructure in the southern city of Kherson, where a showdown has been looming for weeks in the only regional capital Russia has captured intact since its invasion.
Russian artillery hit more than 30 settlements in Kherson and Mykolaiv regions, a Ukrainian military statement said on Tuesday night.
"The village of Novovoskresenske in Kherson region was destroyed by Russians last night. They hit a residential building, as a result, one person was killed and one person was injured," the deputy head of Ukraine's presidential office, Kyrylo Tymoshenko, said on Telegram.
A Russian-installed mayor in the town of Snihurivka, east of Mykolaiv, was cited by Russia's RIA news agency as saying on Tuesday that residents had seen Ukrainian tanks and that fierce fighting was going on.
Russian-installed authorities were forcing residents in Zaporizhzhia region to accept Russian passports after seizing their Ukrainian documents, Ukraine's military said.
The general staff of Ukraine's armed forces estimates, in a Twitter post, that a further 780 Russian troops were killed over the last day -- bringing the total number of Russian personnel killed to 77,950 since the February 24 invasion.
The Ukrainian claims cannot be independently verified.
In the eastern Donetsk region -- where the focal points of the conflict are around the towns of Bakhmut, Soledar and Avdiivka -- President Zelenskyy has said his forces will not yield "a single centimetre" in battles for control.
The Crimean Bridge -- damaged in a powerful blast a month ago -- is unlikely to be fully operational until at least September 2023, according to the UK's latest defence intelligence update.
It says
Read more on euronews.com
