The governor of the northern Chernihiv region said 53 civilians had been in killed in the past 24 hours
Kyiv:
Russian missiles struck an area near the airport of the western Ukrainian city of Lviv early on Friday, the mayor said. Russia has relied heavily on missiles and shelling to subdue Ukraine's forces but has yet to secure any of its 10 largest cities.
Here are the 5 latest developments on Russia's invasion of Ukraine:
- Russia has established a no-fly zone over Ukraine's Donbass region, according to a separatist official from the Donetsk People's Republic.
- Russian forces struck an area near Lviv's airport in western Ukraine, Mayor Andriy Sadovyi said on Friday. Ambulance and police vehicles have rushed to the scene.
- Rescuers are combing the rubble of a theatre in Mariupol bombed on Wednesday for survivors. Russia denies striking it. Italy said it will rebuild it.
- The governor of the northern Chernihiv region said 53 civilians had been in killed in the past 24 hours. The dead included a US citizen as he waited in a bread line, his family said. Russia denies targeting civilians.
- Russian troops and their separatist allies were fighting Friday in the centre of Mariupol, a strategic port city in the southeast of Ukraine, the Russian defence ministry said.
