Mariupol mayor calls for 'complete evacuation' after a weekslong siege by Russian forces flattened the city, left an unknown number of civilians dead and forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes.
Ukraine has slowed some of Russia's advances, but multiple cities are being hit with missiles, a presidential adviser said. Russian forces continued missile strikes across Ukraine Sunday evening, including the cities of Lutsk, Kharkiv, Zhytomyr and Rivne, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said, while shelling has been reported around the outskirts of Kyiv.
Meanwhile, Zelensky said he is ready to accept a neutral, non-nuclear status as part of a peace deal with Russia.Ukraine's deputy defense minister said Monday that Russian forces were attempting to establish a"corridor" around the Ukrainian capital to block supply routes, amid continued fighting around Kyiv's suburbs.hit by Russian missiles on Sunday."More and more missiles every day. Mariupol under the 'carpet' bombing," he said.
Biden and White House officials later sought to walk back and clarify the President's comments, adding that he was not calling for regime change in Russia.Russia-Ukraine negotiations are set to resume in-person in Istanbul, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Monday. Zelensky said in a video posted to social media that peace and the restoration of normal life are the"obvious" goals of Ukraine."Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity are beyond doubt. Effective security guarantees for our state are mandatory," he said. Zelensky also told journalists Sunday that a
for Ukraine in the form of a"serious treaty" was acceptable as part of a deal with Russia, but any agreement would have to be put to a referendum.shows what appear to be Ukrainian soldiers shooting men who are apparently Russian prisoners in the knees during an operation in the Kharkiv region. Asked about the video, a senior presidential advisor, Oleksiy Arestovych, said:"The government is taking this very seriously, and there will be an immediate investigation.
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