Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Russia's invasion of his country was just the beginning and that Moscow has designs on capturing other countries, after a Russian general said it wants full control over southern Ukraine. 

9:40am: Ukraine says will try to evacuate Mariupol civilians from midday

Ukraine will make a new attempt to evacuate civilians from Mariupol, the heavily destroyed city largely controlled by Russian forces, at midday on Saturday, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said.

"Today we will again try to evacuate women, children and the elderly," Vereshchuk said on Telegram, calling for people to gather on the motorway close to the Port City shopping centre in the city. "If everything happens as planned, we will start the evacuation around noon."

9:01am: Odessa would be a major prize for Russia's aims in the ongoing war

A symbol of old imperial Russia, Odessa is still under threat of Russian invasion. Both the Kherson and (part of) the Mykolaiv regions have been occupied, leaving Odessa next in line if Mykolaiv falls. FRANCE 24's correspondent in Odessa, Luke Schrago has more details below. 

'Odessa would be a major prize for Russia in the ongoing war'

7:22am: Zelensky warns Russia is eyeing other countries after Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Russia's invasion of his country was just the beginning and that Moscow has designs on capturing other countries, after a Russian general said it wants full control over southern Ukraine.

"All the nations that, like us, believe in the victory of life over death must fight with us. They must help us, because we are the first in line. And who will come next?" Zelensky said in a video address late on Friday. 

Rustam Minnekayev, deputy commander of Russia's central military district, was quoted by Russian state news agencies as saying full control over southern Ukraine would give it access to Transnistria, a breakaway Russian-occupied part of Moldova in the west.

That would cut off Ukraine's entire coastline and mean Russian forces pushing hundreds of miles further west, past the major Ukrainian coastal cities of Mykolaiv and Odesa.

(FRANCE 24 with AP, AFP and REUTERS)