US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has visited Kyiv, according to a Ukrainian presidential adviser.

He met President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and was expected to discuss the country’s request for more weapons to repel the Russian invasion.

Mr Zelenskyy had announced the planned visit on Saturday, saying: “As soon as we have (more weapons), as soon as there are enough of them, believe me, we will immediately retake this or that territory, which is temporarily occupied.”

Key developments:

• Ukraine has said it destroyed a Russian command post in the occupied city of Kherson, killing two generals and critically wounding a third. Russia has not commented on this

• The Russian siege of the southern city of Mariupol continues, with about 2,000 Ukrainian troops and civilians taking refuge at a massive steel plant. An attempt to evacuate civilians failed on Saturday

• Russia said it took control of several villages in the eastern Donbas region and destroyed 11 Ukrainian military targets overnight

• In Donetsk and Luhansk, Ukrainian forces said they repulsed 12 Russian attacks on Saturday, destroying four tanks, 15 units of armoured equipment, and five artillery systems

• Shelling reported in residential areas of Kharkiv, with regional governor Oleh Sinehubov saying three people were killed

It comes as the war in Ukraine enters its third month with no end in sight, many thousands of people dead, millions having become refugees, and cities reduced to rubble.

Eight people killed in missile attack on Odesa

Meanwhile, a three-month-old baby girl was among eight people killed after Russia fired cruise missiles at the Black Sea port city of Odesa, according to Ukrainian officials.

Speaking about the casualties, Mr Zelenskyy said: “The war started when this baby was one-month-old. Can you imagine what is happening?

“They are just b********…I don’t have any other word for it – just b*******.”

The baby’s mother and grandmother were also killed, and 18 people were injured, according to reports.

Read more:
How the Azovstal steelworks became the final outpost in the brutal battle for Mariupol
What are Russia’s plans for the war’s ‘second phase’ – and why do they include Moldova?

Also, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke to Mr Zelenskyy on Saturday and confirmed Britain would supply new weapons to support Ukraine.

A read-out of the call published by No 10 said: “The prime minister confirmed that the UK is providing more defensive military aid, including protected mobility vehicles, drones and anti-tank weapons.”

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