No Ukrainian armed forces remain in the southern city of Kherson, its mayor said, as Russian forces infiltrated the council building more than a week after Moscow launched a full-scale invasion against Ukraine. The mayor of Kherson, Igor Kolykhaev, said in a statement that he urged Russian soldiers not to shoot civilians after they infiltrated the city administration building. “I simply asked them not to shoot at people,” said Kolykhaev. “We don’t have any Ukrainian forces in the city, only civilians and people here who want to LIVE.” His remarks came after days of heavy fighting in Kherson, a key port city of 280,000 on the Dnieper River near the Black Sea. As of March 1, Ukraine has suffered 752 civilian casualties, including 227 killed and 525 injured, according to the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights. Russia’s defense ministry claimed as early as Wednesday morning that it had …