Russia’s major attack on Ukraine continues for the third week. About 13,000 people were evacuated from Ukrainian cities on Saturday.
Russia’s major attack on Ukraine continues for the third week and the attacker is tightening the screw, especially in the capital Kiev and the besieged Mariupol. During Saturday, about 13,000 people were evacuated from the cities under attack. We put together the main twists of the previous night and night for this story.
The destruction of Mariupol by artillery fire can be seen in the satellite images
The space technology company Maxar, which is following Ukraine’s fighting with its satellites, released images of Mariupol before and after the war of aggression launched by Russia more than two weeks ago on Saturday night. A satellite image taken on Saturday, March 12, highlights significant damage to residential buildings.
The humanitarian situation in Mariupol is said to be critical. According to Ukraine, no one was able to escape the city on Saturday because of Russian troops. Russia, for its part, has blamed Ukraine for the humanitarian catastrophe.
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky according to Mariupol is the target of continuous Russian artillery fire around the clock. More than 1,500 people have died in the siege, according to the city mayor.
There is believed to be a rift between the Russian security service and Putin
There is reportedly a rift between the Russian state leadership and the Russian intelligence service, the FSB. According to news sources, the head of the FSB’s intelligence department in Ukraine Sergei Besedan and the deputy chief Anatoly Bolyukhin rumored to have been placed under house arrest in Russia.
According to BBC sources, there are indications that Putin is seriously concerned about the situation and is believed to suspect that there are Western spies inside the FSB.
IAEA: Russia plans to “fully and permanently” take over Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant
Ukraine has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) that Russia intends to take over the state-owned Rosatom “Zaporizhzhya” nuclear power plant “completely and permanently”. The IAEA will report on the matter on Saturday night in the organization in the statement of the director (you move to another service).
According to the statement, Russia later denied the plans. The statement said the director of Energoatom, which operates nuclear power plants in Ukraine Petro Kotin told the IAEA that about 400 Russian soldiers were present at the plant full-time and confirmed that the plant was under the control of a Russian military commander.
BBC: Russian troops appoint new mayor to Melitopol
Former city councilor appointed new mayor Halyna Danyltshenko told the BBC on the local channel that it intended to set up a “people’s committee” to run the city.
Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said on Friday that Russian forces had abducted the mayor of Melitopol Ivan Fedorovin. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi has said he considers the abduction a crime against democracy and demands the immediate release of Fedorov.