• As Ukrainian forces retake the greater Kyiv area, more horrors of Russia’s occupation become clear. Civilian bodies were found littering the streets in Bucha, northwest of the capital, following the withdrawal of Russian forces, according to images released by AFP on Saturday.
• In light of fierce Ukrainian resistance, US intelligence suggests Russia has revised its invasion strategy to focus on taking control of the Donbas and other regions in eastern Ukraine, with a target date of early May. A Ukrainian presidential adviser warned that fighting in those regions in the days ahead “will not be easy.”
• More than 4,200 Ukrainian civilians were able to flee through multiple evacuation corridors along key routes on Saturday. A Red Cross mission is underway to reach the besieged city of Mariupol, where 100,000 residents remain trapped and local leaders say Russia is not admitting aid.
• Global outrage against Moscow mounted on Sunday over allegations that Russian forces had executed civilians in Ukraine, with Western leaders redoubling calls for war crimes investigations as the retreat of Russian troops from areas near Kyiv offered a clearer picture of the devastating toll of President Vladimir V. Putin’s six-week-old war.
• As Russian forces pull back from areas around the Ukrainian capital, civilians have emerged from basement shelters to clamor for bread distributed by the Ukrainian soldiers retaking territory. The husks of destroyed tanks clutter roads. Mines and booby traps have been hidden amid the wreckage. Bodies lay uncollected in streets littered with debris.
