According to a report, the u.s. president spoke to the president of China on the phone for two hours on Friday. Reportedly, the u.s. administration say they are concerned that China could be using the war to advance Beijing’s interests in competition with them. According to a report, a u.s. adviser warned China that any attempt to help Russia avoid sanctions would result in immediate action. Reportedly, a chinese spokesperson called nato a cold war vestige, saying sanctions against Russia are going to such lengths that globalisation is being used as a weapon, and even people from the sports, cultural, arts and entertainment communities are not being spared.
According to a report, over 6,000 people were evacuated from Ukrainian cities via humanitarian corridors on Saturday. Reportedly, Meriupol city council said Russia bombed an art school where 400 people were sheltering. According to the report, the ukrainian president said Russia’s seige on Mariupol was a terror that will be remembered. Reportedly, russian forces have entered the city and thousands of citizens have been taken to Russia.
According to a report, the u.k. minister of defence said Russia had failed to gain control of the skies over Ukraine, and was likely to continue to use heavy fire power and inflict more civilian casualties. Reportedly, Russia said it had used hypersonic weapons which travel fast enough to evade detection by missile defence systems to destroy a military facility in western Ukraine.