Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenski said Saturday night that the situation remains very difficult in the Donbas region after its troops freed the city of Harkiv from the pressure of Russian artillery and launched a counteroffensive in the town of Izyum, a strategic point for Russia in its effort to control eastern Ukraine. On another hand, Russian missiles hit military infrastructure in the Lviv region, in the west. According to Kyiv Independent hundreds of civilian cars left Mariupol after days of waiting and reached Zaporojie safely, while the drama of the soldiers caught in the Azovstal plant continues. Local officials in Mariupol published images showing that Russia used phosphor bombs in the attacks on Azovstal.
