Russia Ukraine Crisis Live: Russia’s defence ministry said late on Saturday that it has resumed “offensive actions” in Ukraine after announcing a ceasefire earlier in the day to allow residents of two besieged cities to evacuate. The ministry also said that Russian forces in a wide offensive in Ukraine have taken several towns and shot down four Ukrainian Su-27 Jets, Interfax news agency reported. TASS news agency said that since the start of Russia’s conflict with Ukraine on February 24, Russian forces have destroyed 69 aircraft on the ground and 21 in the air.