According to a report, civilians still trapped in besieged or destroyed areas are suffering from power outages and shortages of food and medicines. Reportedly, an air strike on the port city of Mariupol on Wednesday killed three people, including a child. According to the report, shelling of Mariupol, Thursday prevented a humanitarian convoy of supplies from reaching the city, while evacuations couldn’t go ahead.
Reportedly, Russia told Ukrainian citizens to evacuate because it was about to begin bombarding strategic targets. According to the report, Russia’s main objective is to topple the government in Kyiv and replace it with a kremlin friendly government. According to a report, troops to Ukraine’s territorial defence are in Kyiv practicing with anti tank missiles. Reportedly, according to the pentagon Russia has retained around 90% of the combat power it deployed to Ukraine, accounting for weapons and vehicles destroyed and made inoperable as well as troops killed and wounded.