Ukraine claims battlefield successes as Mariupol evacuation falls apart

Ukrainian soldiers shoot down a plane and helicopter as Russia bombs multiple civilian targets

Ukraine claimed to have destroyed more Russian forces on Saturday, as the Kremlin continued to bomb civilian targets on the tenth day of its invasion, and a plan to evacuate residents from the besieged city of Mariupol fell apart because of hostilities.

The defence ministry in Kyiv said its soldiers had shot down an enemy helicopter and a warplane, capturing its pilot. They also launched a successful counter-attack in the Kharkiv region, seizing equipment. The city, Ukraine's second biggest, has been under ferocious Russian bombardment.