The Ukrainian parliament has claimed that Russia has installed a new mayor in the southern port city of Melitopol - a day after the city's elected mayor was allegedly kidnapped by Russian forces
Meanwhile, humanitarian aid for the besieged city of Mariupol is set to arrive this afternoon, Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said.
On Saturday, satellite images showed the extent of the devastation in Mariupol, which has come under heavy shelling. Mariupol is strategically important for Russia because it would unite separatist forces in eastern Ukraine with Russian troops in Crimea - leaving Ukrainian troops there isolated or encircled.
Tanks have also been seen firing on a nine-storey apartment building, while a group of hospital workers came under sniper fire on Friday.
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