After 28 days of fierce fighting in Ukraine, the country is now clawing back territory taken by the Russians. CGreenbank9 9News LATEST:
, where the country's defenders have put up stiffer-than-expected resistance and denied Moscow the lightning victory it hoped for.
As Mr Biden left the White House on Wednesday for the flight to Europe, he warned there is a "real threat" Russia could use chemical weapons and said he will discuss that danger with the other leaders.President Joe Biden shakes hands with Colonel Matthew Jones, Commander, 89th Airlift Wing as he walks from Marine One before boarding Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base on Wednesday.
Repeatedly pushed back by hit-and-run Ukrainian units armed with Western-supplied weapons, Russian troops are shelling targets from afar, falling back on tactics they used in reducing cities to ruins in Syria and Chechnya. A Ukrainian serviceman secures the area as Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko, right, speaks during a press conference next to his brother, former heavyweight boxing world champion Wladimir Klitschko.
He accused Russian forces of seizing one humanitarian convoy. Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said the Russians were holding captive 11 bus drivers and four rescue workers along with their vehicles. It is not clear how much of Mariupol is still under Ukrainian control. Fleeing residents say fighting continues street by street.
The city is without gas, electricity or running water, the 39-year-old said, and entire neighbourhoods have been destroyed.Despite plenty of evidence to the contrary, the Kremlin spokesman insisted the military operation was going "strictly in accordance" to plans. Under a law passed Wednesday, troops in Ukraine will get the same benefits as veterans of previous wars, including tax breaks, discounts on utilities and preferential access to medical treatment.
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