VIDEO. War in Ukraine: Russian army claims to have entered Mariupol

Mariupol (Ukraine) is a city that has been shelled for several days by Russian troops. Friday, March 18, the Russian army claims to be Entrance In the city center. The capture of this strategic port would allow the Russians to make the link between the forces of Crimea, in the west, and the troops of the Donbass to the East. AT 200 kilometers north of Mariupol, Kramatorsk was hit by a Russian missile. The attack targeted this city of Donbasswhich remains under Ukrainian control.

In the capital, kyiv, a new residential area has been targeted by a Russian strike on the morning of Friday 18 March. Finally, the bombings also hit western Ukraine: in Lviv, the airport district was targeted. Plumes of smoke emerge over the city on the morning of March 18. A town located 60 km from the border with Poland.