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  • Russian forces have taken control of the city of Slavutych, where workers live at the non-functioning Chernobyl nuclear power plant, said the governor of the Kiev region, Oleksandr Pavlyuk. read more Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register
  • The mayor of the besieged port of Mariupol, Vadim Boichenko, said that the situation in the city remains critical, with street battles taking place in its center.
  • Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu was seen chairing an army meeting and discussing arms supplies in a video released by his ministry, the first time he had appeared in public for more than two weeks. read more
  • Russia said on Friday that the first phase of its military operation in Ukraine was largely complete and that it would focus on “liberating” the Donbas region. read more CIVILIANS
  • The mayor of Mariupol said he had spoken to the French ambassador to Ukraine about evacuation options after French President Emmanuel Macron said he would propose a plan to Russia to help people leave.
  • Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said an agreement had been reached on Saturday to set up 10 humanitarian corridors to evacuate civilians from front-line hotspots in Ukrainian cities and towns. read more
  • The war in Ukraine has killed 136 children in 31 days since the start of the Russian invasion, the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine announced. read more ENERGY / MARKETS / BUSINESSES
  • Zelensky of Ukraine called on energy-producing countries to increase production so that Russia could not use its wealth in oil and gas to “blackmail” other nations. read more
  • It is “foolish” to believe that Western sanctions against Russian companies could have any effect on the Moscow government, Dmitry Medvedev, the former Russian president and deputy head of the Security Council, said on Friday. read more SUBSEQUENTLY
  • US President Joe Biden is scheduled to deliver a speech in Warsaw late this afternoon, saying the “free world” opposes Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. read more Sign up now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register Compiled by William Mallard and Frances Kerry Our role models: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.