3:52 a.m.: Powerful explosions in Mykolaiv
Powerful explosions were heard early Saturday in the Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv, Mayor Oleksandr Senkevich said on social media.
"There are powerful explosions in the city! Stay in your shelters!", He wrote on the Telegram messaging application.
In the immediate future, it is difficult to know the origin of these explosions, which were preceded by air raid sirens throughout the region.
11:23 p.m .: At least 21 dead in bomber strikes near Odessa
At least 21 people were killed in overnight strikes by strategic bombers on buildings in the Odessa region of southern Ukraine, kyiv said.
A new act of Russian "terror", according to President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Congratulating himself for having inflicted a snub on the Russian forces in the Black Sea by forcing them to abandon Serpents' Island, the Ukrainian president nevertheless admitted that the situation remained "extremely difficult" in Lyssytchansk, a city in the industrial basin of Donbass, region from the east where most of the fighting is concentrated.
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