At 16and On the day of the offensive, Russian forces continued their efforts to encircle Kyiv, concentrating on the northern and western edges of the Ukrainian capital. In the east of the country, an industrial city, Dnipro, was the target of air attacks, whereas it had so far been spared.
Posted at 10:15 p.m.
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Strikes and explosions
3
Number of airstrikes that left at least one dead on Friday in Dnipro, a city crossed by the Dnieper, according to local authorities. The attacks on this industrial city hit a kindergarten, an apartment building and a shoe factory, according to the Ukrainian emergency services.
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330
Number of people who were in a facility for disabled people near Kharkiv, in the northeast of the country, when the place was hit by an airstrike. The attack on Friday did not cause any casualties, said the head of the regional administration.
1582
Number of people who have died since the siege of Mariupol began a dozen days ago. In this strategic port on the Sea of Azov, in the south of the country, the humanitarian situation is worsening. The inhabitants find themselves without water, without gasoline, without electricity and without communications.
Spotlight on Kyiv
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The noose is tightening in Kyiv as Russian forces attack the defenses of villages to the west and north of the city. On Thursday, Russian tanks arrived at the northeast edge of the Ukrainian capital. The cities of Chernihiv, north of Kyiv, and Sumy, in the northeast, were the target of bombardments overnight from Thursday to Friday.
With Agence France-Presse, Associated Press, The New York Times