Adviser to the Chief of Staff of the Ukrainian President Oleksiy Aristovich said that Ukraine expects a new wave of attacks on Kyiv, Kharkiv, and Donbas by Russian forces.
He also said in comments reported by Reuters that Ukraine does not expect Belarus to join the Russian invasion force.
On Saturday morning, Russian forces stationed around the capital, Kyiv, closed off the city of Mariupol, where thousands of residents live in harsh conditions in southern Ukraine, which has been bombarded for more than two weeks.
Also, satellite images monitored the movement of a huge convoy of Russian forces north of the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv.
The Russian convoy extends 64 km north of the Ukrainian capital and is being described by Western media as a “convoy of death.”
The pictures show that the convoy, which had been parked north of Kyiv for two weeks as a result of fuel and logistical problems and being attacked, began moving towards the Ukrainian capital.
It also showed that the missile launchers in the convoy took offensive positions, which shows that there is a long and bloody battle to control the capital that has entered its early stages.
As the invasion of Ukraine entered its 16th day, Russian President Vladimir Putin said that there were certain positive developments in the ongoing talks between Russian and Ukrainian negotiators without giving further details.
While Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appeared in a video to encourage his people to continue fighting, he said via a video clip from Kyiv: “It is impossible to say how many days we will need to liberate our land, but it can be said that we will do it.”
He added that the authorities are working to establish 12 humanitarian corridors and trying to ensure that food, medicine, and other essentials can reach people across the country, and it is believed that thousands of soldiers from both sides were killed in the invasion along with many Ukrainian civilians.
