What you need to know to join:
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has confirmed that the expected Russian army’s offensive in eastern Ukraine started is. Part of the area is in the hands of pro-Russian separatists. The deadly fighting has intensified. The emphasis would be on the regions of Kharkiv and Donetsk. The governor of the Luhansk region also spoke of Russian attacks.
• Bee Russian missile strikes on the western Ukrainian city Lviv its Monday morning at least seven dead and several injured. A child is also among the victims. Governor Maksym Kozytsky reports this on Facebook. Military infrastructure was also “severely damaged” in the attacks. Bee Russian bombings on the northeastern city Kharkiv fell Monday morning again at least three dead.
• Ukrainian President Zelensky held the first in Kiev on Monday documents handed over to the European ambassador in his country to accession to the European Union to request. The head of state hopes “in the coming weeks” candidate country status to get.
• In the besieged city Mariupol sit according to a local police chief too many citizens in the area of the steel factory, where the last defenders of the city are said to have entrenched themselves. In any case, reportedly thousands of soldiers on the huge terrain with underground facilities. In Mariupol, according to the police chief, about 100,000 civilians.