Mykolaiv s regional governor said he missed the artillery strike on his office because he overslept. Three were killed and 22 more were wounded in the southern port town blast.
Ukrainian wheelchair-user Vitaly, his fiancee Valentyna her mother Svitlana and cat Timosha found refuge in Italy with the help of the Mail Force Ukraine Appeal which has raised £9.1million.
Kyiv s ministry of defence said Russia has been forced to withdraw some units surrounding the capital after suffering major losses with the Kremlin still yet to seize any major city.
Svetlana Tsymbal, her daughter Alona and granddaughter Sofia reached the Polish capital after attacks on their hometown of Zaporizhzhia forced them to flee earlier this month.
There are fears that the northern Ukrainian city of Chernihiv (pictured), which has been holding out against Russian forces since the early days of the invasion, could become the next Mariupol.