Moscow claimed on Sunday that its troops had “entirely” besieged southern Ukraine city of Kherson and the city of Berdyansk in the southeast, as the Russian army advanced with the invasion of the pro-Western country.
“Above past 24 hoursthe cities of Kherson and Berdyansk were completely blocked by the Russian armed forces,” defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said in a statement made by the Russian news agencies.
Russian troops have captured a strategically important point former aerodrome in South of Ukraine on Saturday, and could head to Mariupol from there during the third day of combat.
Mariupol is close to breakaway areas in eastern Ukraine and is the last grand port under government control on the sea of Azov.
Ukrainians are fighting hard against Russian forces but dozens of thousands of Russian troops have now entered Ukraine, according to an estimate by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
