Moscow announced it had used missiles, artillery, and warplanes to conduct more than 1,000 strikes against military targets, including ammunition warehouses and command centers.
In Mariupol, the last remaining Ukrainian fighters held on, vowing in video messages from the Azovstal steel plant not to give up. Mariupol, a strategic port city, has seen near-constant fighting since Putin ordered his troops to invade Ukraine on Feb. 24. The destruction and humanitarian crisis that have followed have been on a scale not seen since World War II.
Hungary has also emerged as a major transit point for Ukrainian refugees. Out of more than 465,000 people who arrived, some 16,400 have applied for protected status, meaning they want to stay.
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