Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, used his late-night address on Saturday to say Russia was targeting “the whole European project”. He said Russian aggression “was not intended to be limited to Ukraine alone” and that the “entire European project is a target for Russia”.
Zelenskiy also said it was the “moral duty of all democracies, all the forces of Europe, to support Ukraine’s desire for peace”, adding that the country was ready to simultaneously fight and look for diplomatic ways to put an end to the war.
Civilians continued to flee eastern parts of Ukraine before an expected onslaught from Russian troops.
Ukraine’s deputy prime minister Iryna Vereshchuk announced nine corridors for evacuation in a Telegram post.
Officials said a grave with dozens of Ukrainian civilians was found in the village of Buzova , near Kyiv, the latest such discovery as Russian forces retreat from their offensive on the capital and shift their assault to the east.
