Ukrainian forces continue to advance against withdrawing Russian forces in the vicinity of Kyiv, according to a British defence intelligence report. The Russian military have withdrawn from Hostomel airport, near Kyiv, the scene of fighting from the first day of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24th February. In the east of Ukraine, the Ukrainian forces have consolidated a key route to Kharkiv following heavy fighting, the report also notes. The Red Cross is making another attempt to evacuate civilians from the besieged southern port of Mariupol. Russian missiles again hit civilian infrastructure and residential buildings in Poltava and Kremenchuk in central Ukraine, said the head of the Poltava region Dmitry Lunin.
Eugen Cojocariu, Radio România Internațional
