Meanwhile, evacuation efforts continue in besieged Mariupol
Russian forces have captured Ukraine's southern city of Kherson and mostly occupied the southeastern port city of Mariupol. Picture: REUTERS/ALEXANDER ERMOCHENKO
“We believe that we are visiting you to say thank you for your fight for freedom ... Your fight is a fight for everyone. Our commitment is to be there for you until the fight is done,” Pelosi said in a video shared by President Volodymyr Zelensky on Twitter. Russian forces have captured the town of Kherson, giving them a foothold just 100km north of Russian-annexed Crimea, and have mostly occupied Mariupol, a strategic eastern port city on the Azov Sea.
Palamar said Russia and Ukraine were respecting a local ceasefire and he hoped the evacuated civilians would be taken to the city of Zaporizhzhia to the northwest.Odesa airport A Russian missile launched from Crimea on Saturday destroyed the runway at the main airport in the southwestern city of Odesa, said regional governor Maksym Marchenko, but no-one was hurt.
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