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Aerial shot of Mariupol broadcast by Maxar this Saturday showing the city after the bombing of the theater where hundreds of people had taken refuge.
In summary
– Russia relentlessly bombs Ukrainian cities, including Kharkiv. The army continues his offensive on Mariupol whose fall is only a matter of days. Its progression is slowed down in the north of the Donbass while it is receding in the south-west of the country at Mykolaïv. Kyiv acknowledges having lost access to the Sea of Azov.
– The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed on Saturday that it used the day before “Kinjal” hypersonic missiles to destroy an underground weapons warehouse in western Ukraine. The use of these new weapons during a conflict is a first in the world.
– The Ukrainian presidency called on China to join the West and “condemn Russian barbarism”, whereas Beijing has so far never officially criticized the attack on Ukraine. by Russia.
One of Europe’s largest steelworks damaged in Mariupol. Ukrainian officials claim this Sunday that the Azovstal steel and metallurgical plant of Marioupolone of the largest in Europe, was heavily damaged by bombing. “One of the biggest metallurgical factories in Europe is destroyed. The economic losses for Ukraine are immense,” so says MP Lesia Vasylenko, who published on his Twitter account a video showing thick columns of smoke rising from an industrial complex. Azovstal managing director Enver Tskitishvili, meanwhile, said in a video message posted on Telegram that his company had taken precautionary measures at the plant from the start of the Russian invasion to prevent any damage to the plant. environment.
In London, a grand gala of star dancers for Ukraine. From Russia to Argentina, via Japan, France or Cuba, international ballet stars offered a big humanitarian gala for Ukraine on Saturday evening in London and sent a message of peace. The yellow and blue flag of Ukraine flew outside the London Coliseum, home of the English National Opera, where fundraising exceeded the organizers’ expectations, with 140,000 pounds sterling (about 166,000 euros) raised via donations and ticket prices. The money will go to benefit the Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC), a coalition of British humanitarian associations which has already raised some 200 million pounds for Ukraine.
In Mariupol, concern for orphans stranded in a sanatorium. A group of 19 children, mostly orphans, are “in great danger” stuck in a sanatorium Mariupol, Ukrainian city besieged by Russian forces, their relatives and witnesses told AFP on Saturday evening. Children and adolescents, aged 4 to 17, had been sent to this juvenile clinic specializing in the treatment of lung diseases before the outbreak of the Russian offensive on February 24.