The mayor said Saturday's strike killed one person and wounded several. "If you have the opportunity to stay a little bit longer in the cities where it's safer, do it." "We're not ruling out further strikes on the capital," he said. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko advised residents who fled the city earlier in the war not to return. The Russians said they hit an armored vehicle plant on Saturday, a day after targeting a missile plant. Russia-Ukraine recap Russia-Ukraine war: What happened today (April 16)Īfter the humiliating loss of the flagship of its Black Sea Fleet, Russia's military command vowed to step up missile strikes on the capital. In the towns and villages just outside Kyiv, authorities have reported finding the bodies of more than 900 civilians, most shot dead, since Russian troops retreated two weeks ago. With the port city of Mariupol under siege, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia "is deliberately trying to destroy everyone who is there." He said Ukraine needs more heavy weapons from the West immediately to have any chance of saving the city.Įach day brings new discoveries of civilian victims of an invasion that has shattered European security. These attacks and others scattered across the country were an explosive reminder to Ukrainians and their Western supporters that the whole country remains under threat. KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Russian forces renewed missile strikes on Kyiv and intensified shelling of Kharkiv, Ukraine's second-largest city, in an apparent strategy to hobble Ukraine's defenses in preparation for what is expected to be a full-scale Russian assault in the east. Nadiya Trubchaninova, 70, cries while holding the coffin of her son Vadym, 48, who was killed by Russian soldiers last March 30 in Bucha, during his funeral in the cemetery of Mykulychi, on the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine, Saturday, April 16, 2022.
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