Ukraine-Russia War Updates: 8 Missiles Fired At Ukraine

In two separate incidents, Russian rocket attacks destroyed an airfield in Vasylkiv in the Kyiv region, and a mosque housing 80 civilians was shelled in Mariupol, reputed news agencies reported Saturday.

Russian forces launched a missile attack on a large Ukrainian military facility near the Polish border on Sunday, officials said, in what appeared to be the westernmost attack of the war, and air raid sirens again woke residents in the capital Kyiv.

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Ukrainian President Zelenskiy warned Russian forces they face a fight to the death if they try to occupy Kyiv, while France said Russian President Putin had shown no willingness to make peace.

The deputy PM said that daily evacuations from several Ukrainian cities nearly doubled to some 13,000 people.

Zelensky said around 1,300 Ukrainian troops have been killed during the invasion and Russia was sending more forces after suffering its biggest losses in decades.

Civilian infrastructure and residential buildings throughout the key Black Sea port of Mariupol suffered extensive damage, said private US satellite firm Maxar.

Washington said it was rushing up to $200 million in additional small arms, anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons to Ukraine.

Ukraine said Russia was planning to take full and permanent control of the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, Europe's biggest, but Russia denied this, according to the UN nuclear watchdog.