The spokesman for the Ukrainian General Intelligence Department, Vadim Skipetsky, said that what he described as the Ukrainian resistance is capable of undermining Russia's plans to establish the so-called Kherson People's Republic, as he put it.
Skipetsky added that Putin will do everything in his power to organize a referendum in various ways to say that the people of Kherson region announced the establishment of a people's republic and expressed their desire to join Russia.
The Russian forces are seeking to complete their control over the administrative borders of the Kherson region.
And Reuters news agency quoted the Russian Defense Ministry as saying that civilians were injured in the bombing of the Ukrainian forces on villages in the Kherson region.
For his part, Sergey Prachuk, a spokesman for the Odessa Regional Military Administration, said that the Russian missiles represented a real danger from the air and destroyed a large part of the city's airport, but he made it clear that the Ukrainian forces in Odessa are able to defend it.
Meanwhile, Maxar published new satellite images taken on Friday.
The pictures showed the great devastation across the city of Mariupol in southeastern Ukraine, as well as the industrial parts of the city represented in the Azovstal factory, the last stronghold of Ukrainian forces, the Mariupol theater and the train station.
In addition, the Russian Defense Ministry announced the elimination of 120 Ukrainian soldiers in raids yesterday, Saturday, on a number of Ukrainian regions.
Here are the latest developments on the 67th day of this war:
34 minutes ago
President Volodymyr Zelensky: I met in Kyiv with the Speaker of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, and Washington is a leader in our support.
one hour ago
British Military Intelligence:
Russia's control of Kherson gives it greater capabilities to advance to the north and west.
Moscow's statements indicate its intention to exercise political and economic influence in Kherson in the long term.
4 hours ago
Reuters from the Russian Ministry of Defense: Civilian casualties in the shelling of the Ukrainian forces on villages in the Kherson region.
7 hours ago
US State Department:
Minister Blinken stressed, in a call with his Ukrainian counterpart, Washington's support for Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity.
Blinken briefed his Ukrainian counterpart on the plans to return American diplomats to Ukraine.
9 hours ago
Ukrainian President: We expect a decision on restrictions on Russian oil in the near future, and what Russia did in Mariupol will not pass without reckoning.
9 hours ago
A deputy in the Ukrainian parliament to Al-Jazeera: We do not see any indications of reaching an agreement with Russia in the negotiations.