Ukraine has accused Russia of seizing 15 rescue workers and drivers from a humanitarian convoy trying to get aid into the bloodied city of Mariupol. Ukraine estimates that 100,000 civilians remain in the city devastated by weeks of Russian bombardment.
The Red Cross confirmed a humanitarian aid convoy trying to reach the city had not been able to enter.
“There’s no connection with the world. We couldn’t ask for help,” said Julia Krytska, who was helped by volunteers to make it out with her husband and son. “People don’t even have water there.” In Ukraine’s capital, Kyiv, explosions and bursts of gunfire shook the city, and heavy artillery fire could be heard from the northwest, where Russia has sought to encircle and capture several of the capital’s suburbs.
“We have seen indications that the Ukrainians are going a bit more on the offensive now,” Pentagon spokesman John Kirby told reporters separately in Washington. He said that was particularly true in southern Ukraine, including near Kherson, where “they have tried to regain territory.”
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