• 6 a.m.: Russia intensifies its strikes on the Donbass, assures the Ukrainian army
The Ukrainian General Staff noted in its daily morning update on Sunday that the Russian army was continuing "its missile and air strikes throughout the territory", and had even "increased the intensity by using aviation to destroy infrastructures crucial".
• 4:30 a.m.: Ukraine at the center of the World Health Assembly
Ukraine is leading a resolution to be submitted to the World Health Assembly on Sunday where the 194 members of the World Health Organization meet to build a more efficient and just global health system .
This resolution must denounce the attacks perpetrated by Moscow on the health system but also condemn the extremely serious consequences of the invasion and the blockade of the Ukrainian ports on the world supply and the explosion of the price of cereals.
• 00:05 am: "The situation in the Donbass is extremely difficult", according to Volodymyr Zelensky
Volodymyr Zelensky, in his usual video message posted in the evening, noted that the military situation had "not changed significantly" on Saturday "but it was very difficult".
"The situation in Donbass is extremely difficult," he insisted.
But the Ukrainian army "repels this offensive. Each day that our defenders disrupt the plans of the Russians brings us closer to the crucial day, (...) which we all desire and for which we fight. The day of victory".
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