Mariupol police officer says city has been "wiped off the face of the Earth" Russian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russian soldiers are being sent "to the slaughter" as fighting rages in parts of
Highlights
- Russian forces have been accused of bombing an art school in Mariupol.
- A marine barracks was destroyed in the city of Mykolaiv, killing 40, a Ukrainian military official said.
- Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russian soldiers were being sent “to the slaughter” as fighting raged in parts of the country.
- He accused the Russian military of not recovering the bodies of its fallen troops.
- Thousands of residents have been taken to Russia by force, city council said in statement on Telegram channel.
- Interior minister said intense fighting in the port city continued, and the key Azovstal steel plant had been damaged.