▶Latest >Russia abandons large scale objectives and claims "main goal" of war is to secure Donetsk & Luhansk oblasts >Ukraine claims to have killed Lt Gen Yakov Ryezantsev, the commander of the 49th Russian Southern District Army >If true, this is the 7th Russian General KIA (worst loss senior command since ww2) >Russian forces enter central Mariupol & continue to take ground across the city >UA forces sink alligator class landing ship at anchor in Berdyansk, 2 other ships damaged >UA forces repelled RU attempts to advance on Brovary from northeast & encircle Chernihiv >Russia moving to phase of protracted bombardment of cities due to failure of initial campaign to encircle & seize major cities - ISW >Ukrainian forces conducted successful localized counterattacks northwest of Kyiv >Russian missile hits closed shopping mall in capital, killing 8. Site being used to store military vehicles. >Ukrainian forces in Mariupol refuse Russian offer to surrender >Andrey Paliy, Deputy Commander of the Black Sea Fleet, killed by UA forces in Mariupol >Russia claims to have used a Kinzhal hypersonic missile >Commander of the Russian 8th Combined Army, Lt General Andrey Mordvichev KIA >Dozens killed in missile strike on Ukrainian forces barracks near Mykolaiv >Azov battalion kill Mjr General Oleg Mityaev, commander of the 150th motor rifle div, in Mariupol
