Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he would never have killed himself and would have fought to the death had the Russian forces stormed his office in Kyiv. He also revealed he carried a pistol and practised using it.
Several strikes were launched by Russian forces targetting the Ukrainian cities of Kyiv, Kharkiv and Dnipro. At least 14 people were killed and 64 others were injured in a strike targeting a residential building located in the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro on Saturday.
Meanwhile, critical infrastructure in Ukraine's capital Kyiv and eastern city Kharkiv was hit by Russian missile attack on Saturday morning.
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Russia’s conventional military efforts are failing. So it is defaulting to its hallmark in recent conflicts: massive direct attacks on civilian targets.