Ukraine presidential adviser said on Saturday that fierce wars were coming to the east, south and Mariupol.

        The Kremlin says talks with Ukraine are not easy, and it is important that they continue

      The Kremlin spokesman Dmitry said Russia wanted to continue talks with Ukraine in neighboring Belarus. Russia and Ukraine held several rounds of talks in Belarus before meeting their representatives in Istanbul last month.

       The Deputy Defense Minister said that Ukrainian troops have regained full control of the Kiev region

       Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hannah said on Saturday that Ukrainian troops had recaptured the entire Kiev region. He said in a post on Facebook that the whole of Kiev had been liberated from the invaders.

      The Breakaway area refuses to allow Russian troops to concentrate

       Authorities in a small secessionist area of ​​Transnistria in Moldova denied on Saturday completely wrong allegations that Russian military were heavily involved in carrying out "provocations" on the Ukrainian area. Earlier on Saturday, civil servants of the Ukrainian Armed Forces said that Russian troops already in Transnistria were preparing for an attack against Ukraine and, perhaps, hostility.

       Wladimir Kitschy of Ukraine, praised Germany support

  Former Ukrainian boxing champion Wladimir Kitschy, whose brother is the mayor. 

     Russia and Ukraine war news live updates: 

    Ukraine regains control of entire Kiev region

   Ukraine presidential adviser said on Saturday that fierce wars were coming to the east, south and Mariupol.  Meanwhile, Ukrainian troops are advancing to the east.

    The Russia and Ukraine war news live updates: Ukraine regains control of entire Kiev

  The Kremlin says talks with Ukraine are not easy, and it is important that they continue.

      Russia talks with Ukraine have not been easy, but the main thing is that they continue, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Pesky told RIA on Saturday.  He said Russia wanted to continue talks with Ukraine in neighboring Belarus, but Kiev opposed the idea.  Russia and Ukraine held several rounds of talks in Belarus before meeting their representatives in Istanbul last month.

      The Deputy Defense Minister said that Ukrainian troops have regained full control of the Kiev region

      Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hannah Magyar said on Saturday that Ukrainian troops had recaptured the entire Kiev region. The whole of Kiev has been liberated from the invaders, he said in a post on Facebook.

       Breakaway area denies concentration of Russian troops:

      Authorities in a small secessionist area of ​​Transnistria in Moldova on Saturday denied Ukraine completely wrong claims that Russian army were heavily involved in carrying out provocations on the Ukrainian border.  Earlier on Saturday, civilians in Ukraine's armed forces said that Russian troops already in Transnistria were "preparing for an attack on Ukraine and, perhaps, hostile."

     Wladimir Kitschy, of Ukraine, praised Germany's support

  Former Ukrainian boxing champion Wladimir Kitschy, whose brother is the mayor of Kiev, met with officials in Berlin and heaped praise on Germany's help in trying to give his country more support.   

Russian space chief       

     Sanctions could affect the space station

The head of Russia space program said Saturday that the future of the International Space Station is in balance as the United States, the European Union and Canadian space agencies have missed deadlines to meet Russian demands for the lifting of sanctions on Russian companies and hardware.

   On Saturday, the emergency services called on people in the newly liberated areas of the Kyiv region to remain vigilant, claiming that 1,500 explosives had been found in one day. 

  The AFP cites the body of Ukrainian photographer and documentary filmmaker Max Levine, who went missing two weeks ago, near the capital, Kiev.

   The bodies of at least 20 people in civilian clothes were found on the same street on Saturday after Ukrainian forces recaptured the city of near Kiev.